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The Maryland Bulletin<br />
The Maryland Bulletin<br />
Volume CXXXVI, No. 1<br />
Fall 2015<br />
Table of<br />
Maryland School for the Deaf—www.msd.edu<br />
<strong>Contents</strong><br />
Editor<br />
James E. Tucker<br />
james.tucker@msd.edu<br />
Managing Editor &<br />
Graphic Designer<br />
Larry Newman<br />
larry.newman@msd.edu<br />
Columbia Campus Liaison<br />
Shannon Negussie<br />
shannon.negussie@msd.edu<br />
Frederick Campus Liaison<br />
Lisa Pershan<br />
lisa.pershan@msd.edu<br />
Copy Editor<br />
Nan Cronk-Walker<br />
1 Nyle DiMarco is America’s Next Top Model!<br />
2 Nyle DiMarco’s MSD Visit<br />
4 Nine Things You Might Not Know About Children Who Are Deaf<br />
5 MSD Board of Trustees, 2015-2016<br />
6 MSD’s Faupel Performing Arts Club’s Annual Roadshow<br />
8 Around MSD<br />
17 The Junior Bulletin<br />
19 Sportscope<br />
27 Alumni and Community News<br />
29 MSD Flashback — Porch Lamps Installed in the Bjorlee Museum<br />
30 Alumni Profile — Sean Clyde Markel (MSD, E-1985)<br />
32 Roster—MSD Board of Trustees/Administration/Faculty/Staff<br />
ON THE COVER<br />
2007 MSD alumnus and America’s Next Top Model winner, Nyle DiMarco, poses with excited<br />
and proud MSD students.<br />
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THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF does not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, creed, marital status, mental or<br />
physical disability, national origin, political affiliation, belief or opinion, race, religious affiliation, sex, or sexual orientation in matters affecting program,<br />
activities, or employment practices. Questions regarding this policy in terms of employment may be directed to Anny Currin, Director of Personnel<br />
(301) 360-2029 or anny.currin@msd.edu. Questions regarding the school program may be directed to Stacey Bundy, Compliance Officer and Title<br />
IX Coordinator (301) 360-2032 (voice), (240) 575-2983 (videophone) or stacey.bundy@msd.edu. Both may be reached at the Maryland School for<br />
the Deaf, 101 Clarke Place, P.O. Box 250, Frederick, Maryland 21705-0250.
James E. Tucker, Superintendent, james.tucker@msd.edu<br />
Nyle DiMarco is America’s Next Top Model!<br />
MSD alumnus Nyle DiMarco<br />
(Class of 2007) recently came<br />
in first place in the America’s Next<br />
Top Model (ANTM) reality show competition on<br />
The CW Network, featuring an elimination format<br />
of aspiring models. Nyle’s victory netted him a<br />
$100,000 prize and several modeling contracts.<br />
Superintendent James E. Tucker interviewed Nyle<br />
via FaceTime on December 8, 2015 just before he<br />
left Los Angeles for Asia for modeling gigs. His<br />
website is www.nyledimarco.com<br />
JET: Congratulations, Nyle! You have taken the<br />
country by storm! You have done everyone here<br />
at MSD proud! What were your traits that you felt<br />
helped you win the ANTM competition?<br />
ND: Thank you. I felt I was resilient. The competition<br />
during the ANTM show was fierce, and I needed to always<br />
be strong and ready to bounce back after every situation.<br />
I felt I was adaptive too as I was able to be flexible, and<br />
successfully adjusted to different situations. I also am<br />
a great listener!<br />
JET: You had a great rapport with the show’s<br />
photographer, Yu Tsai. He loved you and he loved how<br />
you listened. You have an open mind and an open heart!<br />
ND: Yes. Yu and I bonded very well, and he said he<br />
enjoyed my ability to listen and learn.<br />
JET: Many of us at MSD remember you well when<br />
you moved here as a seventh grader from the Texas<br />
School for the Deaf. I remember you as a “good kid” as<br />
well as a “skinny kid”. Tell us about your<br />
MSD experience.<br />
ND: (laughing) Yes, I was only 5’10”<br />
and weighed 155 pounds as a high school<br />
senior. But I was a late bloomer. I am now<br />
6’2” and weigh 190 pounds. I remember<br />
MSD teachers always challenging me to<br />
do better. This is so similar to Tyra Banks,<br />
Yu, and others at ANTM challenging me<br />
to do better during modeling shoots. At<br />
MSD, there was a lot of competition among<br />
peers. I remember wanting to be in Scott<br />
Lehmann’s class as I wanted to compete<br />
against him! At MSD, the prevailing attitude<br />
on campus is the “can do” attitude. MSD<br />
gave me my solid foundation, and I was<br />
able to soar after MSD!<br />
JET: During the show, you spoke about<br />
the social isolation living in the large house<br />
where all the models lived. Now looking back,<br />
what does that experience mean for you?<br />
Superintendent Tucker<br />
interviews Nyle DiMarco<br />
via FaceTime.<br />
ND: I have always lived in the Deaf Community. I<br />
am a fourth generation Deaf individual. And, now I am<br />
very appreciative that my home is the Deaf Community. I<br />
want to give back to the Deaf Community by advocating<br />
for early language acquisition for Deaf children. I work<br />
hard in the modeling world, and then I come home to my<br />
Deaf family and friends. I live in two worlds. Each one of<br />
us must get out of our comfort zone from time to time.<br />
JET: Where do you live now?<br />
ND: I live in New York City now. I now have an agent<br />
and will soon have a contract with a modeling agency.<br />
JET: What about Los Angeles?<br />
ND: I starred in the Switched at Birth TV show in<br />
Season 3 and Season 4. The Season 5 script is now being<br />
written and if I continue to be part of the show, then I<br />
will live in both NYC and LA.<br />
JET: Do you see yourself as a model or<br />
an actor or both in your future?<br />
ND: I truly hope to do both. Being a<br />
model, my “deafness” is not a factor at all.<br />
Whereas, as an actor, there are few roles<br />
open to Deaf actors.<br />
JET: I know you need to go in a few<br />
minutes to do a TV interview. What would<br />
you like to say to our MSD students? Words<br />
of wisdom from you?<br />
ND: Life is not easy. Life is not “a walk<br />
in the park”. Be friends with everybody.<br />
You never know who you will work with<br />
in the future.<br />
JET: Have a wonderful and safe trip to<br />
Asia. You are an inspiration to all of us here.<br />
We here look forward to your next steps and<br />
to following your career path!<br />
ND: Thank you. MB<br />
The CW Network<br />
www.msd.edu<br />
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Nyle DiMarco’s MSD Visit<br />
Lori Bonheyo, Dean of Student Affairs, FC<br />
On October 23, Nyle DiMarco,<br />
MSD graduate (Class of 2007),<br />
visited his alma mater and<br />
spoke with students at the Ely auditorium<br />
about his experiences being<br />
on TV, first as an actor on Switched<br />
at Birth and second as a model on the<br />
reality show America’s Next Top Model<br />
(ANTM). He went on to explain the<br />
importance of being careful what one<br />
posts on social media and advised students<br />
to keep their comments positive<br />
and not to bully others or post unnecessary<br />
pictures as potential employers<br />
are able to look back on past postings.<br />
He credits his present position in part<br />
to his use of Facebook and Instagram<br />
to set a good example.<br />
After Nyle’s presentation, students<br />
from different grades came up on the<br />
stage to ask questions. He then took<br />
time to pose for pictures with each<br />
class. Students and staff alike raved<br />
about their time with Nyle and how<br />
impressed they were with his intelligent,<br />
charming, and warm personality;<br />
he remains very modest in spite of his<br />
recent fame. MSD is very proud of him<br />
and his accomplishments.<br />
Students were eager to share their<br />
thoughts:<br />
5 th grade student:<br />
It was such an honor for Nyle to<br />
come visit us at MSD Elementary. We<br />
loved that he let his dog pick which TV<br />
show to join. His presentation inspired<br />
us and showed us that the Deaf<br />
CAN do anything! He was courageous<br />
to join ANTM, and we<br />
hope he wins. Good luck, Nyle!<br />
Middle School student:<br />
When Nyle talked about social<br />
media, I finally understood<br />
Nyle enjoys a group hug with<br />
Elementary students.<br />
Nyle watches attentively while Ava<br />
Williamson asks a question. Note<br />
her shirt bearing Nyle’s likeness.<br />
Jarrelle Brooks shares a picture with Nyle,<br />
showing off the letter N, which is Nyle’s sign name.<br />
Nyle smiles as he signs how proud<br />
he is to be an MSD alumnus.<br />
Lori Bonheyo (r) talks with Nyle<br />
before he is interviewed by students for social media.<br />
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why we need to be careful about what<br />
we post online for others to see. Often,<br />
people tell me to be careful, but I never<br />
heard specific reasons. If we want to<br />
have good a reputation, we need to<br />
behave online.<br />
Middle School student:<br />
I loved that Nyle encouraged us to<br />
socialize appropriately online because<br />
adults always tell us to not be online or<br />
to put anything online. He sent a different<br />
message and encouraged us to be<br />
social online but in a responsible way.<br />
Middle School student:<br />
I love that Nyle is supportive of our<br />
deaf community and our school. My<br />
classmates and I learned a lot about<br />
him and his background.<br />
Middle School student:<br />
He is cool!<br />
High School student:<br />
Nyle’s presentation was great—a<br />
very positive experience for us to see<br />
someone who is so successful. Nyle<br />
explained to us how important social<br />
media is; it really hit home to many<br />
students who had not realized how big a<br />
role it can play in our futures. He did a<br />
great job answering students’ questions.<br />
I was very impressed with him, and it<br />
was great to have him here to give us<br />
some wise advice.<br />
High School student:<br />
I was impressed with Nyle’s presentation.<br />
Nyle explained to everyone how the<br />
use or misuse of social media can lead<br />
to a successful or problem-filled life. He<br />
was full of positive energy and answered<br />
all of our questions. He shared his personal<br />
experiences in life. His message was<br />
very educational and inspiring. It was<br />
definitely worth it to see his presentation,<br />
and it was great to have him here. MB<br />
Change, Challenge, and Opportunity in Student Life!<br />
In June 2015, Student Life staff from both Columbia<br />
and Frederick campuses went to the Texas School for<br />
the Deaf (TSD) in Austin for the National Student Life<br />
for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Conference. The theme<br />
of this week-long conference was “Change, Challenge,<br />
and Opportunity.” There were a total of 130 attendees<br />
representing twenty-one schools for the deaf nationwide.<br />
TSD’s campus was impressive. During their stay, the<br />
staff slept in campus dorms and attended a variety of<br />
workshops covering a broad range of student life topics.<br />
Presenters were from a variety of schools including<br />
Gallaudet University. Every evening, conference attendees<br />
were able to go downtown with staff from other schools.<br />
At the end of the week, everyone felt enriched from the<br />
conference experience and was eager to make changes at<br />
their own schools. The next conference will take place at<br />
the Oregon School for the Deaf in 2017.<br />
Not long after the conference, Student Life staff returned<br />
to work to prepare for the new school year. They<br />
were met with the challenge of filling out applications<br />
and studying for an exam to meet new certification requirements<br />
from the Department of Human Resources.<br />
MSD is thrilled to report that everyone passed the exam!<br />
The official title for Student Life staff members is now<br />
“Residential Child and Youth Care Professional.”<br />
While titles underwent changes, so did the dormitories.<br />
The Baker Building at MSD-Columbia Campus<br />
freshened up its look over the summer: new shades for<br />
all windows, new carpet in the girls’ wing, new 60-inch<br />
TVs, and new couches in the girls’ and boys’ wings and<br />
Orioles Center. MSD students are very happy with the<br />
changes and feel at home! MB<br />
—Linda Stoltz,<br />
Director of Student Life, CC, linda.stoltz@msd.edu<br />
Conference delegates take a break from workshops for a group photo in Austin, Texas.<br />
www.msd.edu<br />
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Nine Things You Might Not Know<br />
About Children Who Are Deaf<br />
Sharon Clark is a mother of Sarah, an MSD student<br />
My daughter Sarah, who<br />
is 4 years old, was born<br />
profoundly Deaf. She<br />
communicates using American Sign<br />
Language, but is also a typically<br />
developing toddler who does the<br />
same kinds of things that all toddlers<br />
do. Throughout the past four years<br />
I have learned that there are some<br />
misconceptions about Deaf children,<br />
so I’ve put together this list to help<br />
people understand Sarah and other<br />
children like her.<br />
It is important to mention that no<br />
two children or families are alike, and<br />
what might be true for Sarah might not<br />
be accurate for another child who is<br />
Deaf. I hope the following points will<br />
allow you to get a glimpse into our<br />
world, which in many ways probably<br />
looks quite similar to yours.<br />
1. Sarah is a “normal” 4-year-old.<br />
Sarah loves going to the playground,<br />
visiting the B and O Train Museum,<br />
swimming and camping with her<br />
daddy, visiting her aunt in New York<br />
City, and seeing all of her grandparents.<br />
When asked what her favorite foods<br />
are, she says that candy and ice cream<br />
are tied for that distinction. She is<br />
opinionated, empathic, loving, and very<br />
curious about the world around her.<br />
Sarah loves to read and write and jump<br />
and run. Do you know a toddler who<br />
has similar attributes? You probably do.<br />
2. Terminology Matters.<br />
“Deaf” or “hard of hearing”? It<br />
took a long time for us to understand<br />
the various terms and we are still<br />
learning. According to researcher<br />
Mark Marschark, “Most commonly<br />
‘Deaf’ is used as an adjective, referring<br />
to deaf people who see themselves as<br />
part of a community bound together<br />
by a common culture and, most often,<br />
a common language—ASL.” However,<br />
the uncapitalized form of “deaf” is now<br />
mainly used to refer only to a lack of<br />
hearing. Many deaf people actually<br />
don’t like the term “deafness” because<br />
it has a connotation of pathology.<br />
What’s more, Sarah does not have a<br />
“hearing impairment.” This term is still<br />
sometimes used but as the online guide<br />
Resources for Mainstream Programs<br />
explains, “Many individuals dislike the<br />
term ‘hearing impairment’ because it<br />
describes deaf people based on what<br />
they cannot do.”<br />
The current terms in use by the<br />
deaf community today are deaf and<br />
hard of hearing.<br />
3. Sarah doesn’t need to be “fixed.”<br />
Every once in a while, when our<br />
family tells someone that Sarah is<br />
Deaf, the response will be, “I am sorry.”<br />
There is no reason to be sorry. Sarah is<br />
perfect as she is and does not need to<br />
be changed in any way. Every person<br />
has something—or many things—that<br />
make them unique. Sarah isn’t losing or<br />
missing out on anything. The majority of<br />
society might be hearing, but that doesn’t<br />
mean that hearing people are smarter,<br />
happier, leading more productive<br />
lives, falling in love easier, or are more<br />
intelligent than Deaf or HOH people.<br />
4. Not all Deaf people wear<br />
hearing aids.<br />
Sarah Clark, 4-year-old<br />
Pre-kindergartner at MSD<br />
Some people who are Deaf wear<br />
hearing aids but they aren’t appropriate<br />
or necessary for all people who are Deaf<br />
or hard of hearing. When Sarah was<br />
born she was fitted for hearing aids and<br />
wore them for several months until we<br />
found out that her cochleae were not<br />
fully formed and that she didn’t have<br />
an auditory nerve, so the hearing aids<br />
were not beneficial to her.<br />
5. American Sign Language is her<br />
language.<br />
Your child might communicate<br />
in English or Hebrew. Sarah<br />
communicates in American Sign<br />
Language. Everyone is Sarah’s life<br />
communicates with her—and around<br />
her—in ASL. Sarah also attends the<br />
Maryland School for the Deaf in<br />
Columbia, MD, and is taught by Deaf<br />
teachers and highly proficient hearing<br />
teachers. Sarah has babysitters who<br />
communicate with her in ASL and<br />
we also make sure that Sarah has an<br />
interpreter when she attends events,<br />
like Shabbat get-togethers in our<br />
community and soccer lessons.<br />
6. Sarah can read and write.<br />
You might ask how this can happen<br />
if Sarah doesn’t hear words on the<br />
page in front of her. Well, there are<br />
various practices, which have been<br />
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identified based on research examining deaf parents and<br />
deaf teachers reading to their deaf children. Some include<br />
keeping both English and ASL visible so the book is placed<br />
in front of her and she can see parents/teachers/friends<br />
signing and the book at the same time. Discussing in depth<br />
the illustrations of the story also helps connect concepts<br />
in the story to the real world.<br />
7. She can’t read lips…yet.<br />
Many people ask if Sarah reads lips. Speech reading is<br />
a skill that she will develop over time. Though Sarah will<br />
learn this skill, research also indicates that approximately<br />
only 30% (or less) of what the speaker says can be accessed<br />
through lip reading.<br />
8. Sarah contains multiple identities, just like<br />
everyone else.<br />
Sarah cannot be categorized or neatly explained by<br />
labels or terminology—no person can. Sarah is Deaf but<br />
she is also a Jewish American and even those terms do<br />
not begin to explain her identity. At 4 years old, Sarah’s<br />
identity is perpetually evolving.<br />
9. Sarah’s deafness makes our family special.<br />
Though adapting to a new culture, learning a different<br />
language, and having a different life from the one we<br />
might have envisioned is challenging at times, it has also<br />
given us so much beauty. We have been exposed to things<br />
that we never would have known existed and we have the<br />
opportunity to teach and learn from other people.<br />
I believe that the universe is looking out for us. I cannot<br />
even count the times when I have walked somewhere<br />
with my daughter and connected with someone who<br />
knows sign language for various reasons, who has some<br />
connection to our world. That is a blessing. I am forever<br />
grateful because I know that my daughter has given us<br />
what we didn’t know we always needed. MB<br />
Reprinted from Kveller.com with permission from<br />
Ms. Clark. According to Kveller.com, “...She has a BS in<br />
Journalism, a Master’s in Reading Education and for the<br />
past four years she has worked with organizations and<br />
local synagogues in Baltimore to create programming<br />
to unite hearing and Deaf families in Maryland. Last<br />
year she won a $1,000 Make It Happen Grant from the<br />
Schusterman Foundation and over 100 Deaf and Hearing<br />
program joined together for a meaningful Hanukkah<br />
program. Sharon will continue to write about her daughter<br />
for this magazine.”<br />
MSD Board of Trustees<br />
2015-2016<br />
TOP (L-R) Robin Kittleman; Dr. Sheryl Cooper; Dr. John Ertel; Dr. Cynthia Neese-Bailes; Stephen Hlibok; Dr. Jennifer<br />
Smart; Dr. Robert Davila FRONT Dr. Ricardo Hernandez; Debra Patkin, Esquire; Dr. Dennis Galvan, Treasurer; David Martin,<br />
President; Julie Bourne, Vice-President; Denise Perdue NOT PICTURED Roslyn Hannibal-Booker, Secretary; Dr. Ben Bahan<br />
www.msd.edu<br />
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MSD’s Faupel Performing Arts Club’s Annual Roadshow<br />
Jessica Willoughby, Director, jessica.willoughby@msd.edu<br />
MSD’s dream of having a Faupel<br />
Performing Arts Club high school<br />
roadshow became reality when drama<br />
teacher Jessica Willoughby met with<br />
Superintendent James E. Tucker in<br />
the spring of 2014 to discuss upcoming<br />
productions. At that meeting, Mr.<br />
Tucker expressed his wish for an MSD<br />
touring troupe including everything<br />
from costumes to props to a portable,<br />
traveling stage set. Mr. Tucker was convinced<br />
that MSD could build bridges<br />
with many public schools that have deaf<br />
programs as well as universities with<br />
ASL programs around the DC metro<br />
area by way of a roadshow.<br />
As her first roadshow production,<br />
Jessica chose Aladdin & The Wonderful<br />
Lamp. Several obstacles became immediately<br />
evident including designing<br />
a set that could fold down and fit into<br />
a cargo van. The roadshow team had<br />
to be limited to sixteen members to<br />
fit into the MSD bus. With ten actors,<br />
three crewmembers, two stage readers,<br />
and the director, Jessica, the team<br />
travelled to four different schools and<br />
one university in less than three weeks.<br />
The roadshow was an enormous success.<br />
When the time came to direct<br />
another roadshow this fall, Jessica<br />
decided to cast a smaller group of actors,<br />
build a simpler set, and perform at<br />
seven venues instead of five. Wanting<br />
to challenge her amazingly talented<br />
actors, Jessica cast only six actors, two<br />
of whom (Jennida Willoughby and<br />
Anna Wood-Jacobowitz) performed<br />
more than fifteen characters by wearing<br />
different wigs, hats, mustaches,<br />
and jackets. It was a hefty job but a<br />
hilarious challenge for both juniors.<br />
The roadshow performed at seven<br />
different places this year: Kendall<br />
Demonstration Elementary School<br />
(DC), Gallaudet University (DC), Silver<br />
Spring Deaf Senior Citizen Center,<br />
MSD-Columbia, Walkersville High<br />
School, and Rockville High School.<br />
TOP (L-R) Tomi Lisoyi, Crew; Jihad Johnson, Stage Manager; Rodney Buford, Stage Reader & Passepartout Understudy;<br />
Taylor Gary, Stage Reader; Donna Vogeler, Costume Designer; Betty Rewolinski, Costume Designer; Idongesit Mark, Crew;<br />
Dana Brooks, Crew; BOTTOM Seanna Guettler, Light Operator; Anna Wood-Jacobowitz, Actor #2; Caroline De La Cruz,<br />
Detective Fix; Femi Alabi, Passepartout; Jessica Willoughby, Director; Maverick Obermiller, Phileas Fogg; Gillian Lawrence,<br />
Princess Aouda; Jennida Willoughby, Actor #1 NOT PICTURED Jane Nowalski, Box Office Manger; Cameron Overs, Set<br />
Constructor; Construction Technology class, Set Constructors; Carlisle Robinson, Set Animator; Hilary Rosko, Box Office<br />
Manager; Allison Tyeryar, Stage Reader<br />
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Mr. Fogg’s former servant warns the new servant, Passepartout,<br />
with a long list of Mr. Fogg’s long and high demands like he<br />
must prepare Mr. Fogg’s toast and tea at 8:23 a.m. and fill up<br />
shaving water at 9:40 p.m.<br />
This year’s roadshow was called Around the World in<br />
80 Days, a tale about Phileas Fogg (performed by Maverick<br />
Obermiller), a proud Londoner who agrees to an outrageous<br />
wager with members of his Reform Club which risks both<br />
his fortune and his life. With his new servant, Passepartout<br />
(Femi Alabi and Rodney Burford), Fogg sets out to circle<br />
the globe in an unheard-of eighty days. At the same time,<br />
Detective Fix (Caroline De La Cruz), an “expert” detective,<br />
chases Phileas because he thinks he is the robber who stole<br />
fifty thousand pounds from the Bank of England a few days<br />
previous. During the journey, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout<br />
face danger with shoe-stealing priests, a rabbling British<br />
Consul, a life-threatening romance with Princess Aouda<br />
(Gillian Lawrence), several encounters with Mr. Know-<br />
Everything Francis, a gunfight in which someone shoots<br />
someone else’s foot, and many more comic surprises.<br />
To put the show together, Jessica worked closely with Cam<br />
Overs and his CTE Construction Technology class. In order<br />
to introduce scenes by displaying images on a large screen,<br />
Jessica asked the CTE students to construct a large white<br />
After Mr. Fogg rescues Princess Aouda from a human sacrifice<br />
ritual, they face much more obstacles on their trip such as<br />
surviving a hot air balloon ride through a hurricane.<br />
fabric screen behind which a projector was set up coloring<br />
the screen with animated images drawn by deaf cartoonist<br />
Carlisle Robinson. The animations were filled with a globe<br />
with a red traveling dotted line around the map, a jungle<br />
with a walking elephant, a hot air balloon zigzagging in a<br />
storm, a train robbed by cowboy bandits, and more. The<br />
CTE students also made versatile wooden boxes which could<br />
change into three Reform Club chairs, a hot air balloon, a<br />
train car, or a desk for the Director of Police. Audiences<br />
loved the concept of a flexible, imaginative set.<br />
A traveling roadshow reaches out to many schools and<br />
exposes the public to the Maryland School for the Deaf<br />
and American Sign Language. It was a wonderful and<br />
unforgettable experience for MSD drama students; they<br />
learned many things such as how to adjust their blocking<br />
with different stage sizes and how to adjust the size of their<br />
signs depending the size of the house.<br />
Jessica is thankful for MSD’s amazing staff and parents<br />
and their incredible support. She is looking forward to new<br />
challenges and future productions. MB 7<br />
A nosy British Consul from Suez, Egypt disagrees with Detective<br />
Fix saying that Mr. Fogg is not the bank robber who stole 50<br />
thousand pounds from the Bank of England<br />
In this scene, Jennida Willoughby and Anna Wood-Jacobowitz,<br />
who switched more than 15 characters in the play, personate<br />
as train conductors and drive Mr. Fogg across America.<br />
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PBIS Comes to the Columbia Campus<br />
Maryland Maryland School for the Deaf-Columbia<br />
Campus is embarking on a several-year journey to<br />
become a Tier 1 Positive Behavioral Interventions and<br />
Supports (PBIS) School. To begin the process, the school<br />
developed a Core Team of four staff members to guide the<br />
school in implementing PBIS protocols. Led by Karin Polzin,<br />
Mental Health Team Coordinator; along with Roberta Lynn<br />
Daniels, Elementary Assistant Principal; Dr. Joseph Smail,<br />
School Psychologist; and Michelle Holly, Elementary Teacher;<br />
the team assembled in July for a two-day Maryland State<br />
Department of Education (MSDE) training to begin the<br />
process of implementing PBIS on campus beginning with<br />
the elementary department. In order to achieve Tier 1 PBIS<br />
status, schools are required to collect and use data to drive<br />
change and support student success. The goal is to help students<br />
achieve their academic, social emotional, and behavioral<br />
potential by providing them with clear expectations, supports,<br />
and positive recognition using evidence-based strategies.<br />
To achieve this goal, the MSD team developed three<br />
school rules, which now apply to all elementary school<br />
students in all campus settings. Ask any student in the<br />
elementary department, and he or she will tell you that<br />
MSD Orioles show “Respect, Responsibility, and Safety.”<br />
In addition to establishing department-wide rules, the<br />
Columbia Campus is also taking a more holistic approach<br />
to address the shift in culture. Staff and administration<br />
recognize that when they model the behaviors they want<br />
to see in students, there is a trickle-down effect. The staff<br />
is excited to continue the great things that have been happening<br />
on the Columbia Campus, while finding<br />
additional ways to support and recognize both<br />
staff and students.<br />
PBIS Highlights:<br />
throughout the building, and they are reviewed regularly<br />
with students through role playing and lessons<br />
with the mental health team staff, including lessons<br />
that connect to literacy and the curriculum.<br />
• Instructional and support staff are encouraged to recognize<br />
one another for helping to make the Columbia<br />
Campus a great place to work by filling out small notes<br />
and placing them in mailboxes.<br />
• A bulletin board was created in the Steiner building<br />
where students who demonstrate a character trait of<br />
the month are highlighted.<br />
• Staff members participated in professional development<br />
activities where they practiced restating negative comments,<br />
rephrasing them so that the tone and message<br />
are positive. Now as you walk around campus, you<br />
will see staff members asking students to “walk safely”<br />
instead of “stop running.”<br />
While this is only the beginning of the PBIS process, the<br />
students and staff are working together, and great things<br />
are happening on the Columbia Campus.<br />
To learn more about PBIS, visit https://www.pbis.org/,<br />
and for more information about PBIS in Maryland, please<br />
visit http://www.pbismaryland.org/.<br />
—Michelle Holly,<br />
Second Grade Teacher, CC, michelle.holly@msd.edu<br />
Dr. Joseph Smail,<br />
School Psychologist, CC, joseph.smail@msd.edu<br />
• In September, instructional and support<br />
staff collaborated to identify “hot spots” or<br />
areas on campus where students may require<br />
additional support in order to be successful<br />
(e.g., hallways, cafeteria, bus, and sidewalk).<br />
Afterwards, each class rotated to various hot<br />
spots to review expectations and practice<br />
following the rules. As students visited each<br />
area, they saw how responsibility in the hallway<br />
may look similar to or different from<br />
how they are expected to show responsibility<br />
in the cafeteria. Upon completion of each<br />
activity, students received a stamp in their<br />
PBIS Outstanding Oriole passport. These<br />
expectations are posted in classrooms and<br />
Kindergarten students walk safely in line as they return from their PBIS<br />
training where they learned behavior expectations on a school bus.<br />
Pictured, Left to Right: James Dale, Franchesca Avila, Emmanuela Debrah,<br />
MacKenzie Johnson, Adam Cevilla, and Caitlyn Reyes.<br />
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Last summer, art teachers from all<br />
over the United States flocked to<br />
the California School for the Deaf-<br />
Fremont to participate in a weeklong<br />
Innovative Deaf View/Image<br />
Art workshop (De’VIA). Bonnie<br />
Arnold, who teaches elementary art<br />
classes at MSD-Frederick, was one<br />
of the seventeen De’VIA artists and<br />
De’VIA Art<br />
participants who gathered with the<br />
goal of developing an art curriculum,<br />
lesson plans, and activities which will<br />
bring De’VIA art into classrooms. The<br />
workshop included activities such as<br />
ASL action hand painting in the style<br />
of Jackson Pollock, ASL hand sculpture<br />
in the style of Chuck Baird, and a<br />
Cubist ASL kitchen table conversation<br />
Around MSD<br />
in the style of Pablo Picasso. The week<br />
was capped with an activity which<br />
illustrated a De’VIA Deaf experience<br />
using encaustic (hot wax) painting.<br />
Bonnie returned energized and ready<br />
to implement De’VIA art projects in<br />
her classroom.<br />
—Sue Hill, Elementary Assistant<br />
Principal, FC, sue.hill@msd.edu<br />
De’VIA artists completing their art projects<br />
(L - R) Bonnie Arnold, art teacher at MSD and David Call, art<br />
teacher at CSD-Fremont, who organized the De’VIA workshop.<br />
Veditz Building in Pencil<br />
Graphite pencil drawings (hard to soft lead) of the Veditz building by Drawing and Painting class students<br />
Jiang McConville, 11 th grade<br />
Juan DeLaCruz, 9 th grade<br />
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“United”<br />
Jamal Johnson, 8 th Grade<br />
“I Can!”<br />
Peter Thang, 8 th Grade<br />
“Brilliant!”<br />
Abigail Lawson, 5 th Grade<br />
Artwork<br />
at<br />
Columbia<br />
Campus<br />
“Kissfist”<br />
Ariana Gousse, 5 th Grade<br />
“Wonderful!”<br />
Elinor O’Connor, 4 th Grade<br />
Kandinsky’s Circles<br />
Jackson Conway, 1 st Grade<br />
Background by<br />
Kindergarten Class<br />
Van Gogh’s Community<br />
Olivia’s Flower Store<br />
Olivia Tiedemann, 3 rd Grade<br />
“Pride”<br />
Kenny Bissainthe, 8 th Grade<br />
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Anaya McFall, Kindergarten<br />
Shamari Wiggins, Kindergarten<br />
Layla Summerlin, Kindergarten<br />
artwork at<br />
Frederick campus<br />
Ryder Christenberry, Kindergarten<br />
Blane Shank,<br />
Kindergarten<br />
The artwork on this door is made up<br />
of three different murals. The students<br />
painted those murals last year and this<br />
year, Art teacher Bonnie Arnold cut them<br />
up and put together on the door.<br />
Maliyah Coleman, Kindergarten<br />
Ayla Clark-Matta, Kindergarten<br />
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Around MSD<br />
The Benefits of Deaf Camp Experiences<br />
Research has shown that the majority<br />
of deaf children are born into<br />
hearing families, most of whom are<br />
not fluent in American Sign Language<br />
(ASL) nor knowledgeable about Deaf<br />
culture. Thus, parents or guardians<br />
are in a continuous quest to locate<br />
opportunities that will enable their<br />
children to develop and enhance skills<br />
necessary for success both within and<br />
outside of the educational setting. As<br />
one such family, in addition to enrolling<br />
our daughter, Sarah M. Harcum,<br />
in the Maryland School for the Deaf<br />
(MSD) – Columbia Campus at an early<br />
age, we have sought out numerous<br />
camping experiences for her.<br />
Sarah has attended several Deaf<br />
camps including Gallaudet University’s<br />
speech camp, MSD’s summer programs,<br />
and Deaf Camp, Inc.<br />
Sarah particularly enjoyed<br />
the Quest<br />
TheatreBridge<br />
camp hosted<br />
by MSD-<br />
C o l u m b i a<br />
C a m p u s .<br />
Through drama<br />
and the program’s<br />
end-ofthe-summer<br />
performances,<br />
Sarah improved<br />
her ASL skills<br />
in several areas,<br />
including<br />
the use of classifiers,<br />
facial<br />
expressions,<br />
a n d m o u t h<br />
morphemes.<br />
As Sarah’s ASL<br />
skills were enhanced,<br />
she<br />
became even<br />
more confident<br />
when expressing<br />
herself.<br />
Through this camp, she also increased<br />
her social skills and made new friends.<br />
For the past three years, Sarah<br />
has been able to continue her camping<br />
experiences by participating in<br />
the Orioles camp at MSD-Frederick<br />
Campus. Her participation will ensure<br />
a smooth social transition when she<br />
transfers to the Frederick Campus.<br />
Sarah has developed friendships that<br />
have endured beyond the camping experiences<br />
and the benefits of incidental<br />
learning as she has interacted with<br />
Deaf peers from Deaf families and has<br />
improved her ability to communicate<br />
more effectively inside and outside of<br />
the classroom.<br />
For the past three years, Sarah<br />
has also attended Deaf Camp, Inc., a<br />
one-week residential program held at<br />
Camp Manidokan in Knoxville, MD.<br />
Kayaking, swimming, canoeing, plus<br />
traditional camp activities make this<br />
an experience no child would want<br />
to miss. For children from hearing<br />
families, this a total ASL immersion<br />
experience!<br />
Moreover, the MSD-Columbia<br />
Campus Parent-Teacher-Counselor<br />
Association (PTCA) provides scholarships,<br />
so by supporting its fundraisers,<br />
(such as the annual Haunted House<br />
and the sale of MSD logo merchandise),<br />
paying annual dues, or making<br />
a donation, you too can help send a<br />
child to camp.<br />
Effective communication and socialization<br />
skills are key components<br />
for success, and the Deaf camping<br />
experiences offered by MSD ensure<br />
that Sarah will be prepared to function<br />
as a successful Deaf adult.<br />
—Alzenia Harcum, Past<br />
President, PTCA<br />
(L to R) Sabrina Firl, Catalene Sacchetti-Manganelli, Sarah Harcum, Nathan Sheppeck, Zion Ortiz, and Ethan<br />
Sheppeck. This group was performing what they learned through the camp program.<br />
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MSD Hosts MSDE ELA State Briefing<br />
On September 23, 2015, a team of MSD English/<br />
ASL educators hosted the MSDE English<br />
Language Arts (ELA) State Briefing meeting at<br />
the MSD-Columbia campus. This is a quarterly<br />
briefing focused on ELA events and updates from<br />
around the state, as well as spotlighting a county<br />
for any especially exciting developments in their<br />
ELA program. The MSD team shared the recent<br />
changes to the ELA programs on both campuses<br />
related to reading, writing, and language development.<br />
Approximately fifty literacy specialists<br />
from counties across the state were briefed by<br />
team members Lisa Pershan, Jennifer Dau, Joyce<br />
Cohen-Scher, Jackie Guers, Cherie Zendarski,<br />
and Roberta Daniels.<br />
The MSD team of presenters was chosen based<br />
on their work with a new writing curriculum and<br />
familiarity with the Maryland State Department<br />
of Education lesson plans. A number of teachers worked<br />
over the summer to help develop a workable curriculum<br />
for teaching writing throughout the grades. Teachers<br />
were provided with materials from grades K-8 units of<br />
study authored by Lucy Calkins and aligned them with<br />
the Maryland State Education lesson plans.<br />
Before presenting, the MSD team treated the attendees<br />
to a tour around the campus which highlighted<br />
various bilingual strategies, teacher-student interactions,<br />
and technology used at MSD. MSDE participants visited<br />
classrooms, asked questions, and were able to see deaf<br />
Yard Sale<br />
The Shockley House fall semester residents held a yard sale on September<br />
24 th and 25 th with the goal of earning money to pay for new curtains and other<br />
household items for the building. (L-R) Keh-Osha Foster, Shemardo Bartley,<br />
Jasmine Woodruff, Haley Rhyanes, Jessica Roach, Elexis Belin, Teacher Jane<br />
Redding, Teacher Aide Alfred Traurig<br />
Around MSD<br />
Jennifer Dau, MSD-Columbia’s Reading Specialist, presents to<br />
Maryland English Langauge Arts supervisors about bilingual<br />
education at the Maryland School for the Deaf.<br />
education in action. The experience was eye-opening for<br />
several literacy specialists who commented how impressed<br />
they were with the program, the children, and the staff.<br />
The forty-five minute presentation addressed the<br />
strengths and challenges of applying the state lesson plans<br />
in a bilingual environment. Attendees were impressed<br />
with the commitment to rigorous educational practices<br />
by MSD staff. After the meeting, two counties offered to<br />
help with the expansion of the Maryland School for the<br />
Deaf’s literacy program.<br />
Maryland School for the Deaf-Columbia Campus<br />
enjoyed the experience and looks forward to more sharing<br />
opportunities in the future.<br />
Many thanks are due to Jennifer<br />
Yost-Ortiz, Kevin Strachan, Sue Hill,<br />
and Roberta Daniels for their daily<br />
support as well as to Judy Pfau, Jennifer<br />
Thomas, Elizabeth Hill, and Jennifer<br />
Ballard for their role in the success of<br />
the writing program. These teachers<br />
worked throughout the summer and<br />
contributed their input and support<br />
during the preparation of this presentation.<br />
MSD looks forward to continued<br />
collaboration with MSDE and counties<br />
across the state. Keep an eye out for<br />
future advancements in MSD’s English<br />
Language Arts program!<br />
—Jennifer Dau, Reading Specialist,<br />
CC, jennnifer.dau@msd.edu<br />
Lisa Pershan, Reading Specialist,<br />
FC, lisa.pershan@msd.edu<br />
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Around MSD<br />
SBG OFFICERS<br />
Leaders at MSD, FC<br />
BACK (L-R) Kary Krumdick (S B G<br />
Sponsor), Caroline DeLaCruz (Senior Class<br />
Representative), Kaitlyn Weeks (Junior<br />
Class Representative), Gillian Lawrence<br />
(Junior Class Representative), Cara Bielucke<br />
(Sophomore Class Representative), Dana<br />
Brooks (Sophomore Class Representative),<br />
Brigitta Luttrel (Freshman Class<br />
Representative), Latavia Roberts (Freshman<br />
Class Representative) FRONT Anna Wood-<br />
Jacobowitz (SBG Secretary), Mauricio<br />
Orozzco (Vice-President), Seanna Guettler<br />
(President), Isabella Walker (Secretary),<br />
Gareth Hayes (Secretary of Dorm Affairs and<br />
Communications) NOT PICTURED Davy<br />
Bahan (Senior Class Representative), Jennida<br />
Willoughby (Secretary of Academic Affairs).<br />
STUDENT LEADERS<br />
TOP (L-R) Adele Daniels, Tomi Lisoyi,<br />
Kaitlyn Weeks, Davy Bahan, Paula<br />
Front<br />
Hare,<br />
row<br />
Advisor<br />
from left<br />
Terri<br />
to right:<br />
M. Dietz, DeBrian<br />
John, Kaela Luttrell, Mauricio Orozco,<br />
Bobga Tete, Rex Shephard<br />
Juliana Bahan, Yave Sanchez BOTTOM<br />
(need to change shirt color),<br />
Liora Selzer, Rex Shephard, Eve Wood-<br />
Malika Canada, Gareth Hayes,<br />
Jacobowitz, Gillian Lawrence, Jihad<br />
Kiser Holiday<br />
Johnson, Anna Wood-Jacobowitz,<br />
Gareth Hayes, Brooke Bonheyo,<br />
Back Diamani row from McNeely, left to right: Caroline DeLaCruz.<br />
Paula NOT hare, PICTURED Mauricio Alina Orozco, Kenina<br />
Tamia Harris, Jihad Johnson,<br />
Neshy Bravin (advisor), Thomas<br />
Hamm, Samantha Ivon, Maverick<br />
DORM LEADERS<br />
TOP (L-R) Paula Hare, Mauricio<br />
Orozco, Tamia Harris, Jihad<br />
Johnson, Neshmayda Bravin<br />
(advisor), Thomas Hamm,<br />
Samantha Ivon, Maverick<br />
Obermiller, Tomi Lisoyi BOTTOM<br />
Bobga Tete, Rex Shephard,<br />
Malika Canada, Gareth Hayes,<br />
Kiser Holiday<br />
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Around MSD<br />
In October, Maryland School for the<br />
Deaf-Frederick Campus celebrated<br />
Red Ribbon Week to educate students<br />
about the dangers of alcohol and<br />
other drugs.<br />
Red Ribbon Week is an annual<br />
alcohol and drug prevention awareness<br />
campaign started by the National<br />
Family Partnership in 1986 in honor<br />
of Enrique (Kiki) Camarena, an<br />
American drug enforcement agent<br />
who was killed in Mexico for his<br />
efforts to prevent drug trafficking.<br />
According to the National Family<br />
Partnership, approximately 80 million<br />
people participate in Red Ribbon<br />
events every year.<br />
To support the campaign, MSD<br />
provided a variety of activities<br />
throughout the week including providing<br />
interactive displays and other<br />
educational materials, touring the<br />
Frederick County Detention Center,<br />
conducting an alcohol and drug prevention<br />
educational workshop, and<br />
having a wrecked car parked on the<br />
October is National Bullying<br />
Prevention Awareness Month.<br />
To signify its importance, STOMP<br />
Out Bullying created an annual Blue<br />
Shirt Day on the first Monday of every<br />
October.<br />
STOMP Out Bullying is a leading<br />
national anti-bullying and cyberbullying<br />
organization for children<br />
and teens in the United States. Created<br />
in 2005, the organization focuses on<br />
reducing and preventing bullying,<br />
cyber-bullying, sexting, and other<br />
digital abuse. It also educates people<br />
about homophobia, racism, and hatred<br />
to help reduce school absenteeism and<br />
Red Ribbon Week<br />
The crashed car, displayed in the back of Faupel Hall Dorm during the Red Ribbon Week,<br />
is to show the students the effects that drinking and driving could have on their lives.<br />
campus. Many students participated<br />
in the activities and made a personal<br />
commitment to live a drug-free life<br />
throughout the year.<br />
deter violence in schools,<br />
online, and in communities<br />
across the country.<br />
Recent statistics show<br />
that 1 out of 4 children is<br />
bullied; 9 out of 10 LGBT<br />
students experience harassment<br />
at school, up to<br />
40% of children and teens<br />
report being cyber-bullied,<br />
and approximately 160,000<br />
students stay home from<br />
school each day due to the<br />
fear of being bullied.<br />
This year, Blue Shirt Day<br />
fell during homecoming<br />
week. Students and staff participated<br />
by wearing a blue<br />
shirt to support awareness.<br />
Each awareness activity during the<br />
month of October—and year round—is<br />
one step closer to putting an end to<br />
bullying.<br />
—Neshmayda Bravin<br />
Behavior Specialist,<br />
neshmayda.bravin@msd.edu<br />
—Neshmayda Bravin<br />
Behavior Specialist,<br />
neshmayda.bravin@msd.edu<br />
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Around MSD<br />
2015 Haunted House at Columbia<br />
This year’s Haunted House at the Columbia Campus,<br />
held on October 29th and 30th, was not for the<br />
superstitious! Set on the “Thirteenth Floor” of an<br />
old dilapidated building, this two-night event drew over<br />
550 visitors. Guests were “welcomed” by a host of frightening<br />
workers, including the lobby receptionist, security<br />
guard, maid, and more. After braving the “Thirteenth<br />
Floor,” many were able to grab a bite to eat and unwind<br />
in the gym where an assortment of festive games, handson<br />
activities, and the Book Fair were offered.<br />
With over a hundred volunteers and six weeks of<br />
preparation, the Haunted House was indeed a success.<br />
Thanks to the PTCA, planning committee, volunteers,<br />
and all who supported this hair-raising/fund-raising<br />
event. Proceeds from the Haunted House will be used<br />
to help MSD students attend summer camp.<br />
—Paul Fitzpatrick, ASL Specialist,<br />
CC, paul.fitzpatrick@msd.edu<br />
Rosemary Macias, Student Life Counselor,<br />
CC, rosemary.macias@msd.edu<br />
Haunted House Co-Chairs<br />
The Family Education and Early Childhood Department<br />
(FEECD) Staff/Minions provide safe and fun-filled activities<br />
for the little ones.<br />
Sean Gerwig, Sarah Harcum, and Ariana Gousse were all<br />
smiles at the 2015 Haunted House.<br />
Crayola and U.S. Department of Education<br />
On September 16, MSD-Columbia Campus assistant<br />
principals were invited to attend a luncheon workshop<br />
at the U.S. Department of Education to learn more about<br />
utilizing crayons to support professional development for<br />
teachers. Yes, that’s right. Using crayons to support professional<br />
development for teachers!<br />
Throughout the hour and a half workshop, Crayola<br />
markers, crayons, and water paint were used to discuss<br />
how drawing, cutting, and painting can support teachers<br />
as they learn how to leverage data to support what they<br />
do in the classroom.<br />
The workshop was very inspiring and eye-opening as<br />
both Roberta Lynn Daniels, Elementary School Assistant<br />
Principal, and Dr. Richard Jeffries, Middle School Assistant<br />
Principal, learned how to make their professional development<br />
activities and teacher meetings more fun through the<br />
use of coloring and cutting activities. For instance, one of<br />
the participants cut out a pattern of a long, winding stream<br />
to show how data needs to flow from one level to another.<br />
This pattern indicated the need for different departments<br />
As a part of hands-on activity, Dr. Richard Jeffries is using<br />
crayons to show how data affects daily instruction.<br />
to communicate and share data with each other to ensure<br />
that data flows from one department to the other without<br />
any barriers. Participants discussed how barriers can<br />
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Photo by U.S. Department of Education/Leslie Williams<br />
16 THE MARYLAND BULLETIN FALL 2015
The Junior Bulletin<br />
Youth Empowerment Summit<br />
From From August 3 through<br />
August 9, 2015, Elexis Belin and<br />
I participated in a program sponsored<br />
by the National Black Deaf<br />
Advocates (NBDA) called the Youth<br />
Empowerment Summit or (Y.E.S!).<br />
YES! is a summer program designed to<br />
provide young black deaf and hard-ofhearing<br />
adolescents between the ages<br />
of thirteen and seventeen from across<br />
the country with the tools they need<br />
to develop the leadership and social<br />
skills necessary to become successful<br />
in the world around them. The<br />
YES! program was held this year in<br />
Louisville, Kentucky. The idea of the<br />
Youth Empowerment Summit is that<br />
black deaf and hard-of-hearing teens<br />
attend a series of workshops and leadership<br />
training programs throughout<br />
the week while also meeting black<br />
deaf adult role models and attending social events at the<br />
NBDA conference being held at the same time.<br />
We were driven to the conference by the MSD–<br />
Frederick Campus Jr. BDA Sponsor, Ronnie Taylor, and<br />
staff member Andre Burke, both members of the NBDA.<br />
It took about twelve hours to drive from MSD to Kentucky.<br />
When we arrived, Elexis and I were excited! We met many<br />
other adolescents and black deaf staff members who were<br />
leading our workshops. When we first arrived, we played<br />
games and reviewed our schedule of events. YES! events<br />
took place on the grounds of the University of Louisville,<br />
and we stayed in their dormitories.<br />
On the third day of our stay, we listened to various<br />
speakers discuss the history of NBDA and then later went<br />
to an amusement park called Kentucky Kingdom. We had<br />
so much fun! On day five we boarded a large boat for the<br />
Contributed by MSD Students<br />
(L-R) Jr. BDA Sponsor Ronnie Taylor, Elexis Belin, Jihad Johnson, and MSD staff member<br />
Andre Burke take part at the Youth Empowerment Summit.<br />
NBDA party. We listened to speakers and then participated<br />
in some crazy dancing. On Friday night, we attended the<br />
Miss NBDA competition. The former queen of NBDA, an<br />
MSD graduate, Ms. Chenae Laldee turned over her crown<br />
to the new reigning queen. One exciting and unexpected<br />
part of this event was when, at the end of the show, a staff<br />
member from the YES! program Mr. Corey Burton asked<br />
Ms. Chenae Laldee the 2014-2015 NBDA queen, to marry<br />
him. She said—Yes!<br />
Towards the end of our stay we continued to hear<br />
speakers discuss a variety of topics about leadership and<br />
attended an awards banquet. We learned so much yet had<br />
a great deal of fun at the same time. We met new friends<br />
from all over the country and made memories that we will<br />
always treasure.<br />
—Jihad Johnson (senior) and Elexis Belin (junior)<br />
Crayola<br />
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impede departments from working<br />
together, and they came up with ways<br />
to improve student performance in a<br />
collaborative way.<br />
At the conclusion, Ms. Daniels<br />
and Dr. Jeffries had the opportunity<br />
to interact with their peers from other<br />
schools around the area including<br />
representatives from the Crayola<br />
Education Engagement Program. The<br />
participants were given the chance<br />
to view some of the artwork developed<br />
by students across the country<br />
as a part of the U.S. Department<br />
of Education initiative to promote<br />
creativity among K-12 students and<br />
to maintain Art Education as a part<br />
of the daily school curriculum. In<br />
the near future, Ms. Daniels and Dr.<br />
Jeffries hope to incorporate art-driven<br />
activities into professional development<br />
at the Columbia Campus as a<br />
way of diversifying some of the inhouse<br />
training to make it more fun<br />
for teachers and staff.<br />
—Dr. Richard Jeffries, Assistant<br />
Principal Middle School, CC,<br />
richard.jeffries@msd.edu<br />
Roberta Lynn Daniels, Assistant<br />
Principal Elementary School, CC,<br />
roberta.daniels@msd.edu<br />
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The Junior Bulletin<br />
Contributed by MSD Students<br />
Our YLC Experience<br />
ast summer, three students<br />
Lfrom MSD (Caroline DeLaCruz,<br />
Alina Kenina, and Anna Wood-<br />
Jacobowitz) were accepted to attend to<br />
the month-long National Association<br />
of the Deaf’s Youth Leadership Camp<br />
(YLC) in Stayton, Oregon.<br />
YLC is a marvelous, prestigious<br />
camp. Throughout the month, we<br />
campers learned a lot of new things<br />
through many daily activities. We<br />
also had classes every day throughout<br />
month on leadership development<br />
and social justice. Leadership development<br />
taught us how to be better<br />
leaders—and a lot of new vocabulary<br />
words! The social justice class taught<br />
us how to be fair with diverse people.<br />
We realized how much we did not<br />
know regarding types of “ism”s which<br />
is important to recognize in order to<br />
prevent stereotyping. Outdoor Living<br />
Skills (OLS), Debate Time, Camp Bowl, and Evening<br />
Program were a few of our other daily activities. Camp<br />
Bowl asks critical trivia questions that teams have to<br />
discuss and come up with an answer. Caroline reminiscences<br />
that OLS was her favorite class; the class taught<br />
basic outdoor skills like how to build a tent and how to<br />
start a fire. Caroline also mentions that the last day of<br />
camp hit everyone hard. We were all heartbroken because<br />
we had made so many memories and new friends. After<br />
only a month, we had become one big family. We will<br />
always remember our strong bond.<br />
Caroline has some words of advice for her fellow<br />
students: “Although YLC is only a dot on your lifeline,<br />
everyone should have this experience. It is something<br />
that you will never forget. YLC is ‘champ’ for real! Go<br />
for it and see for yourself. But don’t just take my word<br />
for it.” Alina describes her experience at YLC as mindblowing.<br />
“I savored every second I had at YLC, no matter<br />
how hard it was or how much fun it was. I discovered so<br />
much about myself, as a leader and as a person. I finally<br />
understand what I’m capable of.” Alina’s words of advice:<br />
“I definitely encourage every of you to go there and find<br />
the same great experience we did. We cannot wait to find<br />
out about your experiences.”<br />
Caroline, Alina, and Anna agree that YLC taught<br />
them how to get along with different kinds of people; it<br />
Happy Campers<br />
Caroline Delacruz, Alina Kenina, Anna Wood-Jacobowitz<br />
was tough but worth it. With no internet for a month,<br />
it felt like the ninety of us were the only people in the<br />
world. It was interesting to be unplugged and experience<br />
how different it is not to have a phone, laptop, or television,<br />
and to be disconnected from social media. Without<br />
those distractions, we shared, understood, bonded, and<br />
laughed together throughout the month. We left with<br />
tears in our eyes. Our month-long experience at YLC<br />
will always remain in our hearts.<br />
—YLC Campers, Caroline DeLaCruz (Senior),<br />
Alina Kenina and Anna Wood-Jacobowitz (Juniors)<br />
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Flag Football<br />
TOP (L-R) Assistant Coach Billy Carter, Oluwakayode Onobiyi, Jonathan Guzman, Lance Norman, Head Coach Marty<br />
Blomquist, Zachary Baldwin, Patrick Dowling, Justin Burke, Assistant Coach Susan Kaplan, Assistant Coach Dennis White<br />
MIDDLE Anthony Quinteros, Shemardo Bartley, Asa Johnson, Zachary Foote, Sebastian Velata, Haley Rhyanes, Clinton<br />
Kuwong FRONT Simone Proby, Diedra Davis<br />
Soccer<br />
TOP (L-R) Assistant Coach Laverne Francis, Assistant Coach Susan Kaplan, Shemardo Bartley, Simone Proby, Salia Stanback,<br />
Lance Norman, Patrick Dowling, Oluwakayode Onobiyi, Assistant Coach Billy Carter, Head Coach Neshmayda Bravin FRONT<br />
Ashley Thompson, Diedra Davis, Zachary Foote, Jonathan Guzman, Justin Burke, Haley Rhyanes<br />
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High School Volleyball<br />
The Maryland School for the Deaf<br />
2015 varsity volleyball team—Brooke<br />
Bonheyo, Adele Daniels, Rajena Guettler,<br />
Paula Hare, Tamia Harris, Karita Lewis,<br />
Kaela Luttrell, Cassidy Perry, Freya<br />
Seremeth, Isabella Walker, Kaitlyn<br />
Weeks, and Eve Wood-Jacobowitz—captured<br />
all three tournaments (Fall Classic,<br />
Oriole Classic, and Spike Out) and<br />
two league championships (Maryland<br />
Independent Athletic Conference and<br />
Independent-Parochial School League).<br />
On Saturday, September 12 th ,<br />
Maryland participated in the New<br />
Life Fall Classic at New Life Christian<br />
School. In the pool play Maryland<br />
tied with Covenant Life and defeated<br />
Legacy School and John Carroll<br />
School. In the semi-finals, Maryland<br />
rolled over Annapolis Area Christian<br />
School to advance to the finals against<br />
Covenant Life, topping them in two<br />
sets, 25-19 and 25-12, for the championship<br />
title.<br />
MSD hosted its annual Oriole<br />
Classic on Saturday, September 19th.<br />
Maryland was 2-0-1 in its pool play.<br />
In the semifinals Maryland beat<br />
Islamic Saudi Academy, 2-0. In the<br />
finals, Maryland defeated Heritage<br />
Academy (who later won the Mason<br />
Dixon Conference and the Maryland<br />
State Christian Schools Tournament).<br />
Adele Daniels was voted Most Valuable<br />
Player, and Karita Lewis was selected<br />
for the All-Tournament team.<br />
On the weekend of October<br />
2 nd , California School for the Deaf-<br />
Fremont hosted Spike Out XVII.<br />
Maryland continued its dominance,<br />
beating California School for the Deaf-<br />
Riverside, Minnesota State Academy<br />
for the Deaf, and Model Secondary<br />
School for the Deaf in the pool play.<br />
In the quarterfinals, Maryland outplayed<br />
Rochester School for the Deaf<br />
and went on to conquer Texas School<br />
for the Deaf in the semi-finals. In the<br />
championship match, Maryland beat<br />
Indiana School for the Deaf for the title.<br />
Adele Daniels and Karita Lewis were<br />
selected for the All-Tournament team.<br />
On Friday, October 9 th , the<br />
gymnasium was jam-packed for<br />
the highlight match of the season<br />
against defending 2A state champion<br />
Oakdale High School where<br />
Maryland swept Oakdale in three<br />
sets, 25-21, 25-14, and 25-21.<br />
Maryland was undefeated in the<br />
Independent-Parochial School League<br />
(IPSL). On October 22nd Maryland<br />
came away with a victory over St. James<br />
for their fifth straight IPSL championship<br />
title with scores of 25-17, 25-12,<br />
22-25, and 25-11.<br />
On October 24 th Maryland defeated<br />
Mount Airy Christian School<br />
with a 25-16, 25-9, 25-16 win in the<br />
Maryland Independent Athletic<br />
Conference (MIAC) championship<br />
match. Adele Daniels was chosen<br />
VARSITY TOP (L-R) Assistant Coach Shana Lehmann, Assistant Coach Christine Rowinski, Head Coach Vicki Kitsembel, Assistant<br />
Coach Krystle Berrigan MIDDLE Paula Hare, Tamia Harris, Kaitlyn Weeks, Kaela Luttrell, Karita Lewis, Isabella Walker, Adele<br />
Daniels BOTTOM Eve Wood-Jacobowitz, Cassidy Perry, Freya Seremeth, Rajena Guettler, Brooke Bonheyo<br />
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as Most Valuable Player. Brooke<br />
Bonheyo, Karita Lewis, and Kaitlyn<br />
Weeks were selected for the All-<br />
Tournament Team.<br />
Maryland knocked off Frederick<br />
High School, 3-0, to close out the season<br />
with a 36-2-2 record. Deafdigestsports.<br />
com and National Deaf Interscholastic<br />
Athletic Association (NDIAA) selected<br />
Maryland as the 2015 National<br />
Champions—Maryland’s eleventh<br />
national championship!<br />
Senior Adele Daniels set two school<br />
records for most kills in a set (13) and<br />
most kills in a season (583). She also<br />
led the team in digs with 311. Karita<br />
Lewis led the team with 115 aces; she<br />
had 295 kills and 265 digs.<br />
It was a superlative season. The<br />
coaching staff was very proud of the<br />
team accomplishments this year. A<br />
special thank you goes to the parents,<br />
scorekeeper Norma Clapp, volunteers,<br />
and others for their help and support<br />
during the season. A generous thankyou<br />
goes to seniors Daniels and Hare<br />
for their contribution, leadership,<br />
motivation, and passion. They will<br />
be solely missed. Good luck on an<br />
inspiring future!<br />
The Junior Varsity volleyball<br />
team—Cara Bielucke, Dana Brooks,<br />
Lexi Bullock, Madison Givens,<br />
Rajena Guettler, Tamia Harris,<br />
Meghan Luebehusen, Brigitta<br />
Luttrell, Marisa Montoya, Laina<br />
Mull, Latavia Roberts, and Liora<br />
Selzer—did very well this past season,<br />
a season full of cheering, laughs, and<br />
excitement. The girls worked hard<br />
to achieve significant improvement<br />
and came a long way from where<br />
they were at the beginning of the<br />
season. They played hard no matter<br />
what the situation of the game, and,<br />
by the end of the season; they had<br />
developed into a skilled, cohesive<br />
team. Coach Christine Rowinski,<br />
Coach Krystle Berrigan, and Coach<br />
Shana Lehmann enjoyed the talented,<br />
dedicated girls and look forward to<br />
next season.<br />
—Vicki Kitsembel, Head Coach,<br />
FC, vicki.kitsembel@msd.edu<br />
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IPSL All-League Team<br />
Adele Daniels, Karita Lewis<br />
MIAC All-Conference Team<br />
First Team<br />
Adele Daniels, Karita Lewis<br />
Second Team<br />
Brooke Bonheyo, Kaitlyn Weeks<br />
Honorable Mention Team<br />
Cassidy Perry<br />
Deaf Digest<br />
All American Team<br />
Maryland, Team of the Year<br />
Adele Daniels, Player of the Year<br />
Vicki Kitsembel, Coach of the Year<br />
All-American Team<br />
Adele Daniels, Karita Lewis<br />
Frederick News Post All Area<br />
League Team<br />
First Team<br />
Adele Daniels<br />
Second Team<br />
TBA<br />
Honorable Mention<br />
TBA<br />
NDIAA<br />
Maryland, Team of the Year<br />
Adele Daniels, Player of the Year<br />
Vicki Kitsembel, Coach of the Year<br />
First Team<br />
Adele Daniels, Karita Lewis<br />
Second Team<br />
Brooke Bonheyo, Kaitlyn Weeks<br />
Honorable Mention<br />
Cassidy Perry<br />
JUNIOR VARSITY TOP (L-R) Head Coach Christine Rowinski, Rajena Guettler, Meghan Luebehusen, Tamia Harris,<br />
Cara Bielucke, Assistant Coach Shana Lehmann, and Assistant Coach Krystle Berrigan MIDDLE Latavia Roberts, Liora<br />
Selzer, Lexi Bullock, Laina Mull, Madison Givens, and Dana Brooks BOTTOM Marisa Montoya and Brigitta Luttrell<br />
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The Maryland School for the Deaf<br />
football team finished its 2015<br />
season with a record of 10-1, tying<br />
the school’s 2011 season record. The<br />
Orioles started the season with high<br />
expectations. Returning to the field<br />
from the 2014 team were seven starters<br />
on offense and eight starters on<br />
defense. Last year, MSD won its first<br />
national deaf prep championship<br />
after a two-year drought, so this year<br />
the boys knew what it would take to<br />
win another crown. As a result, MSD<br />
has been named the 2015 National<br />
Deaf Prep Champions by both<br />
the National Deaf Interscholastic<br />
Athletic Association (NDIAA) and<br />
Deafdigest.com—MSD’s twelfth<br />
national championship!<br />
During the course of the season,<br />
Maryland defeated four teams with<br />
.500 or better record and was only seven<br />
points away from finishing undefeated.<br />
After winning its first four games, the<br />
High School Football<br />
Orioles faced their toughest opponent<br />
of the year—St. James. In 2014, they<br />
beat MSD badly, 52-28. This year, the<br />
team was determined to get their revenge.<br />
After the third quarter, MSD<br />
led 30-22, but St. James came back in<br />
the fourth to outscore the Orioles 15-0<br />
and win the game 37-30.<br />
With the Texas School for the<br />
Deaf game coming up right after St.<br />
James, the team had no choice but<br />
to regroup and bounce back quickly.<br />
They flew to Austin, Texas, to face<br />
the undefeated TSD football team.<br />
In a game filled with hype, MSD<br />
was looking to continue its winning<br />
streak against schools for the deaf,<br />
and TSD was looking to win its first<br />
National Championship since 2000.<br />
The Orioles dominated throughout<br />
the game, winning 32-16. With MSD’s<br />
stellar defensive linemen, the defense<br />
held TSD’s running game to only 28<br />
rushing yards.<br />
The MSD football team continued<br />
its successful season with an impressive<br />
homecoming 42-8 victory over Northern<br />
Virginia Kings. Then MSD had another<br />
signature victory. After a fourteen-year<br />
hiatus, the Orioles traveled to Hancock,<br />
Maryland, to play against Hancock High<br />
School. The Hancock team had gone to<br />
the state playoffs in 2014 and came into<br />
the game against MSD with a winning<br />
record of 4-2. The fact that Hancock<br />
had continually refused to play against<br />
MSD for fourteen years was enough to<br />
motivate the boys. The Orioles played<br />
one of their best games of the year,<br />
crushing Hancock 44-0.<br />
After the Hancock victory, the<br />
MSD Orioles had their best game offensively<br />
against Chavez High School<br />
in Washington, D.C. Despite dealing<br />
with numerous penalties, the team<br />
had 459 total yards (359 rushing and<br />
100 passing yards). The Orioles also<br />
accomplished a rare feat: Austin Latin<br />
VARSITY TOP (L-R) Manager Jihad Johnson, Zeke Martinez, Jaylon Wilson, Tylique Gross, Maurice Braxton, Osayomore Ufumwen,<br />
Rory Lewis, Jason Werner, Bobga Tete, Austin Wilson, Manager Ryan Carr MIDDLE Assistant Coach Andy Bonheyo, Assistant Coach<br />
Mike Halloran, Assistant Coach Joshua Doudt, John Werner, Jr., Maverick Obermiller, Brady Perry, Egan Seremeth, Stefan Anderson,<br />
Kiser Holiday, Connor Switenky, Jake Bortoletto, Assistant Coach Neal DiMarco, Head Coach Ryan Bonheyo BOTTOM Austin Latin,<br />
DeBrian John, Mauricio Orozco, Diamani McNeely, Damon Biskupiak, Yave Sanchez, Rodney Burford, Alan Sullivan, Angelo Archibald<br />
NOT PICTURED Davy Bahan<br />
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ran for 210 yards, Brady Perry ran for<br />
133 yards, and Damon Biskupiak threw<br />
for 100 yards, all in the same game! A<br />
week later on senior night, the Orioles<br />
beat SEED School, 44-14.<br />
In order to end the season with a<br />
bang, the MSD football team flew to<br />
St. Augustine, Florida, to take on the<br />
Florida School for the Deaf and Blind.<br />
The game was MSD’s final hurdle to<br />
be recognized as the 2015 National<br />
Champions. Throughout the week,<br />
the coaches emphasized that the first<br />
quarter would determine the game. The<br />
boys executed the game plan flawlessly,<br />
scoring twenty-four unanswered points<br />
in the first quarter. At that point, the<br />
game was essentially over. The final<br />
score was 52-0. The team and their fans<br />
were euphoric, but this final season<br />
victory was bittersweet. The win over<br />
FSDB sealed MSD’s status as the 2015<br />
National Champions, but it was also<br />
the seniors’ last game wearing orange<br />
and black.<br />
Clearly, the MSD football team<br />
had a wildly successful 2015 season.<br />
DeafDigest<br />
Maryland, Team of the Year<br />
Yave Sanchez, Player of the Year<br />
Ryan Bonheyo, Coach of the Year<br />
All-American Team<br />
Damon Biskupiak<br />
Rodney Burford<br />
DeBrian John<br />
Austin Latin<br />
Diamani McNeely<br />
Mauricio Orozco<br />
Brady Perry<br />
Yave Sanchez<br />
John Werner, Jr.<br />
Frederick News-Post All Area Team<br />
First Team<br />
TBA<br />
Offensively, the Orioles would not<br />
have accomplished as much as they<br />
did without their stellar offensive linemen.<br />
The team had 3,925 total yards<br />
and scored 465 points.<br />
Sophomore running back Brady<br />
Perry led the team with 1,070 yards<br />
and 15 touchdowns. He became the<br />
third sophomore running back in<br />
Second Team<br />
TBA<br />
Honorable Mention<br />
TBA<br />
NDIAA<br />
Maryland, Team of the Year<br />
Yave Sanchez, Player of the Year<br />
First Team<br />
Damon Biskupiak<br />
Austin Latin<br />
Diamani McNeely<br />
Mauricio Orozco<br />
Brady Perry<br />
Yave Sanchez<br />
John Werner, Jr.<br />
Second Team<br />
Rodney Burford, DeBrian John<br />
school history to reach this milestone.<br />
Brady also had 231 receiving yards, 3<br />
receiving touchdowns. He also led the<br />
team with 6 interceptions.<br />
After rumbling for 1,110 yards as a<br />
sophomore, running back Austin Latin<br />
had a terrific junior year, rushing for<br />
1,018 yards and scoring 10 touchdowns<br />
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JUNIOR VARSITY TOP (L-R) Zeke Martinez, Tylique Gross, Bobga Tete, Jason Werner, Rory Lewis, Austin Wilson, Maurice Braxton,<br />
Jaylon Wilson BOTTOM Coach Andy Bonheyo, Osayomore Ufumwen, Stefan Anderson, Connor Switenky, Alan Sullivan, Kiser<br />
Holiday, Coach Neal DiMarco<br />
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High School Cheerleaders<br />
The Maryland School for the Deaf fall cheerleading<br />
squad started their 2015 season with two new<br />
coaches and nine cheerleaders. Head Coach<br />
Dani Hernandez and Assistant Coach Jade<br />
Sims selected Malika Canada and Carina<br />
Traina as captains for the team with<br />
Jamila Coons, Elexis Belin, Laiyoena<br />
Branch, Kylie Frelich, Anna O’Brien,<br />
Juan Martinez filling out the squad<br />
and Kehosha Foster, manager.<br />
In addition to cheering for<br />
the football team, the squad had a<br />
rewarding experience doing some<br />
fundraising and volunteering.<br />
They represented the MSD community<br />
at the Color Run event held<br />
at National Harbor in Fort Washington,<br />
MD. They had fun chucking colored paint at<br />
the runners and cheering for them. They plan to do<br />
this again next year.<br />
One fundraising project was conducting the 3rd<br />
Annual Lil Orioles Cheerleading Clinic for younger<br />
girls. The Lil Orioles cheerleading squad performed<br />
chants and stunts during the Homecoming Pep Rally<br />
and football games. In addition to the clinic, the girls<br />
also hosted a car wash to raise funds.<br />
Head Coach Dani Hernandez wants to thank her assistant,<br />
Jade Sims, for her patience and dedication to the<br />
cheerleading squad. Dani is also grateful for the continued<br />
support from the MSD community and parents. Both<br />
coaches are looking forward to a great winter season.<br />
—Dani Hernandez, Head Coach,FC<br />
TOP (L-R) Head Coach Dani Hernandez, Assistant Coach Jade Sims MIDDLE Manager Keh-Osha Foster, Elexis Belin, Juan<br />
Martinez, Lai’Yonea Branch BOTTOM Kylie Frelich, Anna O’Brien, Malika Canada, Carina Traina, Jamila Coons<br />
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TOP (L-R) Assistant Coach Anthony Ortiz, Head Coach Kuschmider, Assistant Coach Brian Grossinger, Assistant Coach Kyle<br />
Kuschmider THRID ROW Manager Alan Khamphouy, Tyler Dees, Nathan Sheppeck, Zion Ortiz, Skyler Renfrew, DeMontae<br />
Joseph SECOND ROW Calvin Johnson, Peter Thang, Jamal Johnson, Gabriel Asante, Austin Baker, Jaden Joseph, Ethan Sheppeck,<br />
Jovan Whitehurst BOTTOM Jamaal Porter, Joshua Downing, Joshua Wojnar, Amaree McKenstry, Miguel Pavao, Pacey Wilson,<br />
Teddy Webster, Crosse Herpin NOT PICTURED Dakai Bryant<br />
Football<br />
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despite battling injuries. For the first time since 2006, MSD<br />
had two running backs with over 1,000 rushing yards.<br />
As a second-year starting quarterback, senior Damon<br />
Biskupiak was determined to lead the team on and off the<br />
field. He had a terrific season, completing 52 percent of his<br />
passes: 774 passing yards and 15 touchdowns. Damon’s<br />
top target was junior tight end Rodney Burford who had<br />
243 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. As a linebacker,<br />
Rodney had 44 tackles.<br />
Sophomore running back John Werner, Jr., has not<br />
ceased to amaze the coaches. He finished the year with<br />
621 all-purpose yards and 13 touchdowns. He also led the<br />
team with 87 tackles as a middle linebacker.<br />
Behind experienced defensive linemen, the Orioles<br />
defense allowed only 101 points throughout the season.<br />
Senior defensive lineman Yave Sanchez dominated on<br />
the defense side with 68 tackles, 8 sacks, and 3 forced<br />
fumbles. Senior defensive lineman Diamani McNeely<br />
had 34 tackles and 2 sacks despite missing three games<br />
due to injury. Senior hard-hitting defensive back<br />
Mauricio Orozco finished the year with 29 tackles and<br />
3 interceptions.<br />
MSD will bid farewell to nine seniors: Angelo Archibald,<br />
Davy Bahan, Damon Biskupiak, Ryan Carr (manager), Jihad<br />
Johnson (manager), Diamani McNeely, Mauricio Orozco,<br />
Yave Sanchez, and Alan Sullivan.<br />
MSD would not have had a successful season without<br />
outstanding assistant coaches. Thanks to Joshua<br />
Doudt (defensive coordinator), Andy Bonheyo (JV head<br />
coach), Neal DiMarco (special teams coordinator), and<br />
Mike Halloran.<br />
—Ryan Bonheyo, FC, Head Coach,<br />
ryan.bonheyo@msd.edu<br />
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Middle School Volleyball<br />
VARSITY—TOP (L-R) Assistant Coach Amelia Grossinger, Ashlynn Cohen, Yireh Sanchez, Emily Nover, Brianna Mehan, Manager<br />
Laniece Oliver, Head Coach Michele Muszynski BOTTOM Hanna Johnston-Shaw, Alyssa Glennon, Milana Bielucke, Kamri Gooding,<br />
Thalia Guettler, Ariella Zfati NOT PICTURED Manager Paige Austin<br />
JUNIOR VARSITY— TOP (L-R) Head Coach Amelia Grossinger, Jalina Dietz, Justina Miles, Estelina Kovacs, Alina Williamson,<br />
Assistant Coach Michele Muszynski BOTTOM Alona Zfati, Sierra Herzig-Wilcox, Jeri Lombardo, Citrine Lummer, Ciara Luttrell<br />
NOT PICTURED Justice Lambert, Manager Paige Austin, Manager Laniece Olive<br />
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Alumni and Community News By Terri Monroe Dietz, ‘99, Editor, terri.dietz@msd.edu<br />
MSD Foundation Hosts the<br />
12 th Annual Golf Tournament<br />
stunning fall<br />
A day welcomed<br />
participants to the<br />
Twelfth Annual Golf<br />
Tournament, hosted<br />
by the Maryland<br />
School for the Deaf<br />
Foundation. This<br />
year the tournament<br />
was held<br />
among the beautiful<br />
surroundings of<br />
Musket Ridge Golf<br />
Club in Myersville,<br />
Maryland.<br />
Dr. Krupakar Paul Thadikonda of the Thadikonda<br />
Research Foundation came forward for the fifth consecutive<br />
year as the Presenting Sponsor. Silver Sponsors<br />
were Regent Education, Shockley Honda, Kramer Wealth<br />
Managers, First United Bank & Trust, Bray and Scarff,<br />
Purple Communications, Petersens Carpet & Flooring,<br />
and Maryland Relay.<br />
The Civitan Club of Frederick, longtime supporters,<br />
once again sponsored the now-familiar participation of an<br />
MSD student team. Led by Jerry Mabashov, students Jiang<br />
McConville, Rory Dietz, and Payne Frankowiak played a<br />
great game. After the tournament, the first-time golfer Rory<br />
concluded that “teamwork is very important in golf—along<br />
with patience!” while returning golfer Jiang confirmed that<br />
“golf is my new passion, and I will continue to practice golf<br />
and become a better golfer!” Way to go MSD students; it is<br />
always good to welcome you to the tournament!<br />
Also very welcome were the more than one hundred<br />
golfers who signed up to play, many of whom have become<br />
tournament regulars. The MSD Foundation prides itself<br />
on hosting a tournament which encompasses a great<br />
day of golfing and camaraderie while supporting MSDF<br />
fundraising goals.<br />
Thanks to sponsors, players, donors, and volunteers,<br />
the tournament was a huge success, earning in excess of<br />
$39,000. Proceeds from the event have been added to the<br />
Foundation’s fund to benefit MSD students. Funds will be<br />
used to provide student scholarships, awards, computers,<br />
and other learning enhancements.<br />
Plans are already underway for the 2016 tournament.<br />
Some exciting sponsorship offers have already been pledged<br />
and Friday, September 16, 2016, is the tentative date for<br />
the event. Further updates will be posted on the MSDF<br />
website at: www.msd-foundation.org. MB<br />
—Sarah-Jane Flook, Program Coordinator,<br />
MSD Foundation, sarah@msd-foundation.org<br />
Jerry Mabashov leads MSD students Jiang McConville, Payne<br />
Frankowiak and Rory Dietz.<br />
Maryland School for the Deaf Foundation<br />
Mission Statement<br />
The Mission of the Maryland School for the Deaf<br />
Foundation is to raise money to provide scholarships and<br />
resources that enhance the education of MSD students.<br />
The Foundation seeks to stimulate awareness about<br />
MSD through community involvement while acting as<br />
a responsible solicitor and prudent manager of assets<br />
created by charitable gifts, bequests and fundraising.<br />
www.MSD-Foundation.org<br />
MSDF President Denise Phelps with tournament champions<br />
George Dyess, Lee Kramer, Mike Baker and Brett Musser<br />
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Alumni and Community News By Terri Monroe Dietz, ‘99, Editor, terri.dietz@msd.edu<br />
Lauren Wahl, MSD 2009,<br />
and David Magnabosco wed James G. Hitchens, MSD 1961 Joseph A. Florance, MSD 1975<br />
2009—Lauren (Wahl) Magnabosco<br />
married her longtime boyfriend<br />
David at the Belvedere Hotel in<br />
Baltimore, Maryland, on February<br />
8th, 2015. They met at the National<br />
Technical Institute for the Deaf/<br />
Rochester Institute of Technology,<br />
and then relocated to Indiana where<br />
David currently works for Kinney<br />
Group, Inc., as part of their Visual<br />
Communication department which<br />
harnesses the power and promise of<br />
information technology. Lauren is<br />
working as a paraprofessional for the<br />
Indiana School for the Deaf.<br />
1961—James Gilbert Hitchens<br />
passed away peacefully at the age<br />
of 72 on October 14, 2015. Born on<br />
January 9, 1943, in Delaware, James<br />
graduated from the Maryland School<br />
for the Deaf in 1961. During his time<br />
at MSD, he was involved in a variety<br />
of sports such as soccer, basketball,<br />
and track, winning several awards.<br />
He and his wife, Marie Hitchens,<br />
lived in New York with their growing<br />
family, eventually relocating to<br />
Delaware where James worked as an<br />
aircraft sheet metal specialist with<br />
the U.S. Civil Service at Dover AFB,<br />
retiring in 1996. James loved sports,<br />
fishing, gardening, and being with<br />
his family. He leaves behind his<br />
son, John Delinois , and daughters<br />
Linda Weeks, Judy Goddard, Susan<br />
Hitchens, and Dorothy Hitchens,<br />
along with grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.<br />
A celebration of life<br />
service was held on October 21st at<br />
Torbert Funeral Home.<br />
1975—Joseph Anthony Florance<br />
passed away on November 15, 2015 in<br />
Frederick, MD. Joey was raised in St.<br />
Mary’s, MD, before transferring to<br />
the Maryland School for the Deaf. He<br />
was preceded in death by his mother,<br />
Eva (Purcell) Florance, father Lee<br />
Florance, and brother Lee Florance,<br />
Jr. Joey is survived by daughters<br />
Dawn (John Keen) and MacKenzie<br />
and grandchildren Austin and Rose.<br />
A celebration of his life was held at<br />
Christ Church, Port Republic. In lieu<br />
of flowers, donations can be made<br />
to Family Service Foundation in<br />
memory of Joey Florance by sending<br />
a check to Family Service Foundation,<br />
5301 76th Avenue, Landover Hills,<br />
MD, 20784.<br />
Louise Pierson Johnson died<br />
peacefully in her sleep of natural<br />
causes on June 1st, 2015, at her home.<br />
She attended Swarthmore High<br />
School, Bucknell University, and<br />
received her Master’s Degree in Deaf<br />
Education from Peabody College.<br />
She first taught deaf children at the<br />
Kendall School on the campus of<br />
Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet<br />
University) and later at the Maryland<br />
School for the Deaf. Louise was active<br />
within her community as a member of<br />
Merle Foley,<br />
former MSD teacher<br />
her choir and various other volunteer<br />
organizations. The funeral took<br />
place at First Presbyterian Church<br />
of Annapolis. In lieu of flowers,<br />
contributions can be made to First<br />
Presbyterian Church of Annapolis or<br />
to the Rude Ranch of Animal Rescue,<br />
Harwood, MD. Online condolences<br />
may be made at the John M. Taylor<br />
Funeral Home.<br />
Merle Foley, aged 80, of Surprise, AZ,<br />
(formerly of Frederick, MD) passed<br />
away on August 9, 2015. He is survived<br />
by his wife, Eleanor Foley; his three<br />
children, Mark, Myra, and Maureen<br />
Foley; and five grandchildren and two<br />
great-grandchildren. He was preceded<br />
in death by his first wife, Carolyn Foley,<br />
who was a Home Economics teacher<br />
at MSD. Mr. Foley graduated from<br />
Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet<br />
University) in 1960 and went on to<br />
work at the Louisiana School for the<br />
Deaf as a Graphic Arts teacher for two<br />
years. He then joined the MSD in 1962<br />
and taught graphic arts and involved<br />
himself with the editing and printing<br />
of The Maryland Bulletin with his<br />
colleague Thomas McKenna. Mr. Foley<br />
retired in 1995. A funeral mass for Mr.<br />
Foley was held on August 14 at Prince<br />
of Peace Catholic Church, Sun City,<br />
AZ. A memorial gathering for friends<br />
and family was held on September<br />
26th at the Maryland School for the<br />
Deaf-Frederick Campus. MB<br />
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Porch Lamps from Old Main<br />
Installed in the Bjorlee Museum<br />
MSD Flashback<br />
Please send news and pictures<br />
of marriages, births, deaths,<br />
anniversaries, awards, and<br />
special occasions to the Alumni<br />
and Community News editor.<br />
James McKenen<br />
(right) from Maintenance<br />
installs porch<br />
lamps on two interior<br />
walls in the Bjorlee<br />
Museum in September<br />
2015. The lamps<br />
used to belong to the<br />
Old Main building<br />
Terri Dietz at terri.dietz@msd.edu<br />
or<br />
Terri Dietz, Editor<br />
Alumni and Community News<br />
Maryland School for the Deaf<br />
101 Clarke Place, PO Box 250<br />
Frederick, MD 21705-0250<br />
(below). MB 29<br />
Please send your<br />
old and new addresses to:<br />
The Old Main Buildingor “Old Main” as it was commonly called, was built<br />
in 1870 and demolished in 1967. “Old Main” faced west towards Market<br />
Street and was located on the site where the Ely Building is now.<br />
msdsupt@msd.edu<br />
or<br />
The Maryland Bulletin<br />
c/o Address Changes<br />
Maryland School for the Deaf<br />
101 Clarke Place, PO Box 250<br />
Frederick, MD 21705-0250<br />
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Alumni Profile<br />
By Frank By Albert Rex Schwartz, Shepard, Lee Tharpe his Junior sonIII, Senior<br />
Van Alden Sean Brewer, Clyde Markel ‘71 (MSD, E-1985)<br />
Sean Markel as<br />
a freshman in 1982<br />
Born in Olney, Maryland,<br />
in 1966, Sean Markel<br />
comes from a large deaf<br />
family with a long history<br />
at MSD. His father,<br />
Edwin Markel, graduated<br />
from MSD in 1941, and<br />
his paternal grandmother,<br />
Sophia Measley, was educated<br />
at MSD in the mid<br />
1910s. Sean himself attended<br />
the Maryland School for<br />
the Deaf for twelve years,<br />
transferring to the Model<br />
Secondary School for the<br />
Deaf (MSSD) for his last<br />
three years of high school.<br />
He then went to Gallaudet University where he majored<br />
in Deaf Education and Communication Arts, graduating<br />
with the class of 2000. While at Gallaudet, Mr. Markel was<br />
very involved with the Student Body Government, serving<br />
as class president his senior year. He was also an assistant<br />
chairperson for the tenth anniversary of Deaf President<br />
Now (DPN).<br />
The Markel Family<br />
Sean, Haley, Amy, and Valerie<br />
Sean is a tireless advocate for the Deaf community.<br />
In 1996, he was one of the founders of the Eastern Deaf<br />
Timberfest event. He was twice chosen as chairperson for<br />
the MSDAA reunion and served two terms as vice president<br />
for the Maryland Association of the Deaf (1992 – 1999). In<br />
1999, Sean received a special merit award from MDAD as<br />
well as a congratulatory letter from then-governor Parris<br />
N. Glendening in recognition of his outstanding work<br />
with the Stadium Accessibility Advisory Committee. He<br />
is currently serving on a task force for disability access at<br />
the Baltimore Ravens and University of MD sports stadiums<br />
which now provide closed captioning services for<br />
Sean as a middle school football player at MSD in 1980<br />
Sean signed the National Anthem at Oriole Park at Camden<br />
Yards in Baltimore on August 19, 2015 before the New York<br />
Mets and Orioles baseball game.<br />
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Alumni Profile<br />
fans on the big screen, thanks in large part to his efforts.<br />
He is currently working with the Baltimore Orioles to<br />
include closed captioning services there. Sean has been<br />
the president of the MSD Alumni Association since 2012,<br />
was twice chairperson for the MDAD conference, and is<br />
currently heading up the Gallaudet Class of 2000 Alumni<br />
Association. Signing the National Anthem at two recent<br />
Baltimore Orioles games was a great honor as well.<br />
In addition to his contributions, Sean is a family man.<br />
He and his wife, Amy, who works at the U.S. Agency for<br />
International Development in Washington D.C., have been<br />
married for twenty-eight years. Sean cares for their two<br />
hearing daughters, Valerie (fourteen) and Haley (twelve).<br />
He has been a landlord for seventeen years. They have<br />
enjoyed traveling to three Eastern European countries<br />
where they learned about foreign cultures and various<br />
native sign languages.<br />
When asked about his time at MSD, Sean shared<br />
some of his favorite memories. He loved to socialize with<br />
friends during lunchtime around the table in the cafeteria.<br />
He liked to play checkers and chess and spent evenings<br />
outside playing Four King Corners. He was also involved<br />
with the boy scouts. He recalls learning how to tie a rope<br />
correctly, how to survive in the wild camping and cooking,<br />
and how to perform first aid. He looked up to his mentors<br />
John Woosley and Carl Frels.<br />
Sean’s favorite subjects were Algebra I, woodshop, and<br />
upholstery. He would like to acknowledge two special<br />
teachers. The first, Rita Spencer who taught science, signed<br />
very clearly, had a lot of energy for students, was very patient,<br />
and was willing to invest a lot of time to make sure<br />
students completely understood what they were learning.<br />
The second is Martin O’Brien, Sean’s social studies teacher,<br />
who told stories about history and helped students use their<br />
imaginations to visualize events as if they were a movie.<br />
While a student at MSD, Sean was involved with<br />
drama and Jr. NAD where he learned to be a leader. Sean<br />
would like to thank John Keeshan, his elementary dorm<br />
counselor, for teaching him how to be a “fine young fellow”<br />
and for encouraging him to participate in various clubs<br />
and activities. He would not be who he is today if not for<br />
Mr. Keeshan.<br />
As for MSD athletics, Sean was the captain of the football<br />
team as well as a basketball player during middle and<br />
high school. He remembers two special coaches, Jerry Bush<br />
and Delmas Woodall, who did not accept any mistakes or<br />
excuses during practices and who made sure he did things<br />
right. They both taught him to become a good athlete.<br />
His advice to MSD students is “Study well and be humble.<br />
Respect each other.” He strongly recommends that students<br />
attend either Gallaudet University or National Technology<br />
Institute for the Deaf after graduation. MB 31<br />
As most members of the Maryland Deaf<br />
Brittany Williams, MSD 2006, Appears<br />
community know by now, Nyle DiMarco,<br />
MSD Class of 2007, is competing in America’s on the America’s Next Top Model Show<br />
Next Top Model. This past fall, Brittany<br />
Williams, MSD Class of 2006, got to be a<br />
part of his journey to stardom.<br />
Brittany explains, “Last September<br />
(2015), I got an email from an assistant to<br />
the executive producer. Basically, Nyle had<br />
won the best photo that week which entitled<br />
him to a treat. They decided to throw him a<br />
silent cocktail party where there was a Sign<br />
Language lesson for twenty minutes after<br />
which all the models would only communicate<br />
via non-verbal communication; that was<br />
where I came in. I was invited to the party so<br />
Nyle would be able to talk to a close friend in<br />
his own language. I was also there to educate<br />
the models about Nyle’s and my culture as<br />
(L-R) Nyle DiMarco, Brittany Williams (MSD, 2006),<br />
members of the Deaf community.” MB Ashley Molina, Devin Clark, Mikey Heverly<br />
www.msd.edu
BOARD OF TRUSTEES<br />
David Martin<br />
President<br />
Julie Bourne<br />
Vice-President<br />
Roslyn Hannibal-Booker<br />
Secretary<br />
Dennis Galvan, Ph.D.<br />
Treasurer<br />
Benjamin B. Bahan, Ph.D.<br />
Sheryl B. Cooper, Ph.D.<br />
John Ertel, Ph.D.<br />
Ricardo A. Hernandez, Ph.D.<br />
Stephen Hlibok<br />
Robin Kittleman<br />
Cynthia Neese-Bailes, Ph.D.<br />
Debra Patkin, Esquire<br />
Denise Perdue<br />
Jennifer Smart, Ph.D.<br />
Executive Committee<br />
David Martin, Chair<br />
Julie Bourne<br />
Roslyn Hannibal-Booker<br />
Dennis Galvan, Ph.D.<br />
Benjamin Bahan, Ph.D.<br />
Sheryl Cooper, Ph.D.<br />
ADMINISTRATION<br />
James E. Tucker<br />
Superintendent<br />
Jennifer Lake<br />
Executive Associate<br />
Gay Fout<br />
Administrative Aide/Receptionist<br />
Suzanne Schwertman<br />
Chief Operating Officer<br />
Frank Kuckles<br />
Fiscal Administrator<br />
Kim Doyle<br />
Fiscal Officer<br />
Anthony Middleton<br />
Procurement Officer<br />
Kathleen Charles<br />
Agency Buyer<br />
Debra Highland<br />
Business Services Manager<br />
Terry Spesick<br />
Supply Officer<br />
Trudy King<br />
Fiscal Accounts Clerk Supervisor<br />
Christina Privitera<br />
Accounts Payable Clerk<br />
Joseph Anthony<br />
Deputy Chief Operating Officer<br />
H. Scott Hughes<br />
Computer Network Specialist Lead<br />
David G. Inouye, Don Lee,<br />
Alex Simmons<br />
Computer Network Specialists<br />
Paul Ritenour, Sr.<br />
Data Processing Analyst<br />
Laurie Shah<br />
Health and Safety Officer<br />
Anny Currin<br />
Director of Personnel Services<br />
Cyndi Fries<br />
Assistant Personnel Director<br />
Kay Spriggs<br />
Personnel Officer<br />
Dan Hicks, Nancy Probey,<br />
Emily Hicks<br />
Personnel Associates<br />
Stacey Bundy<br />
Director of Student Achievement<br />
Lisa Brinks, Ph.D.<br />
Director of Assessment and Data<br />
Caitlin Blake<br />
Interim Director of<br />
Enhanced Program<br />
Erin Buck Skees<br />
Outreach Coordinator<br />
Myra Foley<br />
Interpreter Scheduler<br />
Amy Mowl<br />
Grant Writer<br />
Larry Newman<br />
Public Affairs Specialist<br />
Cheri Dowling<br />
Partners for Success Coordinator<br />
Carl A. Robin<br />
Curator, Hessian Barracks<br />
COLUMBIA CAMPUS<br />
Jennifer Yost Ortiz<br />
Assistant Superintendent/<br />
Principal<br />
Deborah Marquez<br />
Assistant Principal, Family Education<br />
Roberta Lynn Daniels<br />
Assistant Principal, Elementary<br />
Richard Jeffries, Ph.D.<br />
Assistant Principal, Middle School<br />
Joseph Smail, Ph.D.<br />
Director of Admissions and<br />
Behavorial Support/<br />
School Psychologist<br />
Julie Tibbitt<br />
Assessment and Data Specialist<br />
Jennifer Mertes, Ph.D.<br />
Director of Related Services<br />
Laura Riddell<br />
IEP Coordinator<br />
Ayanna Barrows, Amanda Beneke,<br />
Rebecca O’Mara<br />
Speech Language Pathologists<br />
Michelle Bode<br />
Audiologist<br />
Maranda Maurer<br />
Teacher Specialist<br />
Jennifer Dau<br />
Reading Specialist<br />
Paul Fitzpatrick<br />
ASL Specialist<br />
Shannon Negussie<br />
Library Media Specialist<br />
Linda Stoltz<br />
Director of<br />
Residential Life Program<br />
Jason Johnson<br />
Residential and Youth Care<br />
Practitioner Supervisor<br />
Samantha Brooks<br />
Administrative Assistant<br />
Iantha Dean<br />
Transportation Coordinator/<br />
Administrative Aide<br />
Elise Dawkins, Micia White<br />
Secretaries<br />
Peggy Dell, Sandy Resch,<br />
Debra Hill, Carrie Shortt<br />
Clerical Aides<br />
FACULTY<br />
Michelle Ailstock<br />
Suzi Behun<br />
Peggy Bruce<br />
Janell Bunn-Verdin<br />
Estella Bustamante<br />
Joyce Cohen-Scher<br />
Megan Conaghan<br />
Anne Drechsler<br />
Hannah Elie<br />
Joy Fraychineaud<br />
Georginia Fitzpatrick<br />
Mary Fooks<br />
Joanne Geppert<br />
Nicole Goldberg<br />
Jackie Guers<br />
Carina Hed Edington<br />
David Hirsch<br />
Michelle Holly<br />
Min Ja Jung<br />
Tonya Killam<br />
Russell Koenig<br />
Sabrina Koenig<br />
Patricia Muldowney<br />
Jessica Novak<br />
Stacey Pedersen<br />
Ursa Rewolinski<br />
Mary Ann Richmond<br />
Lisa Skaggs<br />
Mary Skinner<br />
Rachel Steingieser<br />
Jennifer Willis<br />
TEACHER AIDES<br />
Stella Antonio<br />
Carol Baker<br />
Pamela Campbell<br />
Valeria Campos<br />
Yolanda Colston<br />
Stephen Covington<br />
Donna Derkowski<br />
Gail Fine<br />
Andrew Francis<br />
LaShonda Gibson<br />
Karen Golshiri<br />
Kevin Hall<br />
Marie Harrison<br />
Dianne Kirby<br />
Christine Lawn<br />
Shelby Leilich<br />
Carolyn Markel<br />
Mary Jo Palmisano<br />
Rosa Portillo<br />
Cheryl Rasel<br />
Alma Rivera<br />
Leslie Schilling<br />
Teresa Scotton<br />
Damon Sparrow<br />
Karen Steele<br />
Jenica vonGarrel<br />
Karen Whittaker<br />
Crystal Woods<br />
Jeanine Zwick<br />
RESIDENTIAL CHILD<br />
AND YOUTH CARE<br />
PRACTITIONERS<br />
Jeff Blanco<br />
Latasha Canady<br />
Yolanda Colston<br />
Dennis Cruz<br />
Marcus Daniels<br />
Jovita Douglas-Ngatha<br />
Breeann Fox<br />
Kevin Gahagan<br />
Debra Goldberg<br />
Brian Grossinger<br />
Rosemary Macias<br />
Joshua Maugh<br />
Randy McCarty<br />
Sharyl Mapp<br />
Erin Quigley<br />
Ruben Santiago<br />
Terry Tabor<br />
Salafunmilayo Thorne<br />
Jessica Tuitt<br />
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES<br />
Karin Polzin<br />
School Counselor/Coordinator<br />
Margaret Pierce<br />
Social Worker<br />
Tajudeen Akinlotan,<br />
Lawrence Cohen,<br />
Dane Colbert<br />
Behavior Specialists<br />
MEDICAL<br />
Alyssa Myers, R.N., R.N.<br />
Supervisor<br />
Katrina Castle, LPN<br />
Elfreda McNair, R.N.<br />
Theresa Sipes, LPN<br />
Linda Senula, O.T.<br />
Elaine Persons, R.P.T.<br />
PLANT OPERATIONS<br />
AND MAINTENANCE<br />
Charles Bazzle<br />
Maintenance Supervisor<br />
Shellene Bishop<br />
Housekeeping Supervisor<br />
Luis Pages<br />
Maintenance Chief<br />
Larry Fellows<br />
Plumber<br />
Mikael Lundquist, Brandon Moore<br />
Maintenance Mechanics<br />
Tyler Wicker<br />
Courier<br />
Treynel Winston<br />
Electrician<br />
Catherine Baptiste<br />
Lewis Barnhart<br />
Adolfo Ceballos<br />
Brenda Hammond<br />
Millie Kirby<br />
Isaiah Smith<br />
Bonnita Thompson<br />
Building Service Workers<br />
NUTRITIONAL SERVICES<br />
Latrina Wallace,<br />
Food Service Supervisor<br />
Lynette Johnson<br />
Food Service Manager<br />
Aaron Bratton, Teon Foster<br />
Sabrina Gladden, Edith Herrera<br />
Food Service Workers<br />
FREDERICK CAMPUS<br />
G. Kevin Strachan<br />
Assistant Superintendent/<br />
Principal<br />
Lori Bonheyo<br />
Dean of Student Affairs
Theresa Napoli<br />
Director of<br />
Admissions and Counseling<br />
Lori Moers<br />
Assistant Principal, Family Education<br />
B. Sue Hill<br />
Assistant Principal, Elementary<br />
Tara Holloway<br />
Assistant Principal, Middle School<br />
Bonnie Kramer<br />
Assistant Principal,<br />
High School<br />
Tara Finkle<br />
CTE Team Leader<br />
Jennifer Weeks<br />
Team Leader,<br />
Transition Program &<br />
Work-To-Learn<br />
Charlene Ward-Marr,<br />
Mark Denton<br />
IEP Coordinators<br />
Sara D. Ryan,<br />
AuD, CCC-A, Ph.D.<br />
Director of<br />
Related Services<br />
Michelle Bode, Ph.D.<br />
Audiologist<br />
Gussie Belisario, Michelle Crisafulli,<br />
Elizabeth Damazo, Paige Gardner,<br />
Lisa Gastelle, Stacie Warner<br />
Speech Language Pathologists<br />
Andrew Bonheyo<br />
Athletic Director<br />
Touria Ouahid-Boren<br />
Assistant Athletic Director<br />
Mathis Hediger II<br />
Team Leader, Physical Education<br />
Joseph Fritsch<br />
Athletic Trainer<br />
Peter Badavas<br />
Athletic Operations Coordinator<br />
Lisa Pershan<br />
Reading Specialist<br />
Trudy Jo Carson<br />
Elementary Librarian<br />
Vicki Kitsembel<br />
High School Program<br />
Coordinator<br />
Rex Moers<br />
Director of<br />
Residential Life Program<br />
Lauren Buchko,<br />
James DeStefano,<br />
Susan Luttrell-Jordan,<br />
Cliff Geffen, Christopher<br />
vonGarrel<br />
Residential Child and<br />
Youth Care Practitioner<br />
Supervisors<br />
Donna Vogeler<br />
Student Database Manager<br />
Kathleen Baker, Carolyn Hediger,<br />
Amelia Pro<br />
Secretaries<br />
Rachel Balogh, Sheryl Berrigan,<br />
Penelope Miller,<br />
Michele Muszynski,<br />
Winifred Pryor,<br />
Lisa Schwarzenberger,<br />
Cheri Winnings<br />
Clerical Aides<br />
FACULTY<br />
Amanda Aillon<br />
Zuhair Alsaegh<br />
Amanda Amati<br />
Laurie Anderson<br />
Bonnie Arnold<br />
Jenny Ballard<br />
Richard Ballard<br />
Lynn Ballard-Weiner<br />
Randee Bickford<br />
Sherry Bradley-Koo<br />
Van Brewer<br />
Laura Brown<br />
Leigh Clapp<br />
Jason Coleman<br />
Tamara Coleman<br />
Jonathan Craig<br />
Rosy DeLaCruz<br />
Neal DiMarco<br />
Calvin Doudt<br />
Joshua Doudt<br />
Rachel Doudt<br />
Andrea Feldman<br />
Peter Feldman<br />
Amanda Fine<br />
Leslie Firl<br />
Angie Geffen<br />
Andrea Guettler<br />
Sara Lee Herzig<br />
Elizabeth Hill<br />
Ann Hirsch<br />
Sarah Hurd<br />
Kamilla Jakubowyc<br />
Edna F. Johnston<br />
Cathleen Kettler<br />
Kary Krumdick<br />
Robyn Lafferty<br />
Shana Lehmann<br />
Robert Lewis<br />
Jolene Whaley Luttrell<br />
Eric Mansfield<br />
Steve Mathers<br />
Janet Mertz-Witczak<br />
Deeadra Morrison<br />
Connie Nagy<br />
Dyan Newman<br />
Keith Nolan<br />
Cameron Overs<br />
Dina Padden<br />
Kami Padden<br />
Judy Pfau<br />
Jane Redding<br />
Nancy Robitaille<br />
Kimberly Rogers<br />
Abbey Roin-Thigpen<br />
Paul Roult<br />
Christine Rowinski<br />
Randall Shank<br />
Cynthia Stieffenhofer<br />
Jennifer Thomas<br />
Bonnie VanBuskirk<br />
Regina Wade<br />
Jeffrey White<br />
Amanda Willard<br />
Jessica Willoughby<br />
Cherie Zendarski<br />
TEACHER AIDES<br />
Maribel Aponte-Ortiz<br />
Barbara Ballard<br />
Trude Buck<br />
Andre Burke<br />
Jimmy Butler<br />
Yolette Cohen<br />
Deborah Cumberland<br />
Rosemary Docktor<br />
Tamara J. Ellis<br />
Deanna Gibson<br />
Kelly Green<br />
Amelia Grossinger<br />
John Jones<br />
Joseph Jordan, Jr.<br />
Thomas Korn<br />
Renee Krotche<br />
Diane Kubey-Dunn<br />
Tom Luttrell<br />
Jerry Mabashov<br />
Bobbie McLaughlin<br />
Gail Mitchell<br />
Gertrude Morita<br />
Todd Newman<br />
Jane Nowalski<br />
Judd Rexroth<br />
Ronnie Robinson<br />
Sallie Romano<br />
Hillary Rosko<br />
Kevin Sanderlin<br />
Denise Sansonese<br />
Nicole Sizemore-Smith<br />
Barbara Smith<br />
Ronnie Taylor<br />
Alfred Traurig<br />
Eric Woods<br />
RESIDENTIAL CHILD<br />
AND YOUTH CARE<br />
PRACTITIONERS<br />
Susan Angell<br />
Colleen Biskupiak<br />
Linda Biskupiak<br />
Martin Blomquist III<br />
Eren Boden<br />
Aaron Bowman<br />
Diane Brewer<br />
Susan Brooks<br />
Robin Burrhus<br />
Billy Carter<br />
Michael Chappelle, Sr.<br />
DeMarco Cox<br />
Dale Dees<br />
Valerie Depcik-Perry<br />
Michael Dunn<br />
Laverne Francis<br />
Maria Gardner<br />
Michael Gardner<br />
Theresa Marie Glaser<br />
Mitch Goldberg<br />
Gerard Joseph<br />
Susan Kaplan<br />
Mike Kent<br />
Ewa Kowalewska<br />
Katelyn McDonald<br />
Jennifer Miller-Barron<br />
Thomas Noh<br />
George Papazis<br />
Jose Pavao<br />
Stacey Pavao<br />
Giovanni Pelini<br />
Scott Perkins<br />
Gary Phillips<br />
Wendell Pratt<br />
Larry Reedy<br />
Jessica Schulte<br />
Haley Solomon<br />
Lisa Velez<br />
Timothy Vogeler<br />
Claudine Wanzer-Fehr<br />
John Dennis White<br />
David Wilcox<br />
Justin Wilson<br />
Gayle Woodyard<br />
TRANSITION<br />
COORDINATORS<br />
Krystle Berrigan,<br />
KC Russell-Christy<br />
WORK-TO-LEARN<br />
Scott Morrison<br />
EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS<br />
Chris McQuaid<br />
BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS<br />
Neshmayda Bravin<br />
Terri Dietz<br />
Tanya Perry<br />
Vance Rewolinski<br />
Kelly Sicard<br />
STUDENT SUPPORT<br />
SERVICES<br />
Della B. Hager<br />
Guidance Counselor<br />
Tamara Majocha<br />
Marjorie Sonnenstrahl<br />
School Counselors<br />
Nancy Lewis, Ph.D.<br />
Mental Health Counselor<br />
Lisa Smith<br />
Social Worker<br />
Kiran Iqbal, M.D.<br />
Mental Health Consultant<br />
MEDICAL<br />
Jane Cassidy, R.N.<br />
Director of Nursing<br />
Sajjad Aziz, M.D.<br />
Marissa Clopper, PA-C.<br />
Patricia Fogle, R.N.<br />
Leesa King, R.N.<br />
Erin McCoy, OTR/L<br />
Jacqueline Tota, R.N.<br />
Robin Weinrich, R.N.<br />
PLANT OPERATIONS<br />
AND MAINTENANCE<br />
Harry A. Hughes<br />
Maintenance Supervisor<br />
Stephen Allison<br />
Maintenance Chief<br />
Wayne Smith<br />
Housekeeping Supervisor<br />
Debbie Rice<br />
Secretary<br />
Richard Gann, Mitchel LeQuire,<br />
James McKenen, Gary Milburn,<br />
Robert Trice, Timothy Unglebower,<br />
Donald Williams<br />
Maintenance Mechanics<br />
Alton Ambush, Kimberly Ambush<br />
Brian Brown, Kevin Davis<br />
Linda Green, Maria Meraz<br />
Richard Rosensteel,<br />
Agnes Strakonsky<br />
Building Service Workers<br />
NUTRITIONAL SERVICES<br />
Amy Stouffer<br />
Administrator<br />
Terry Burnstad, David Main<br />
Renee Noel<br />
Food Service Supervisors<br />
David Olson<br />
Clerk<br />
Barbara Adcock, David Broggin, Jr.<br />
Cathy Capino, Deborah Fitzgerald<br />
Bonita Goodwin, Susan Morgan<br />
Connie Nikirk, Grace Wilson<br />
Y. Sheron Wilson<br />
Food Service Workers
THE MARYLAND BULLETIN<br />
Maryland School for the Deaf<br />
101 Clarke Place, P.O. Box 250<br />
Frederick, Maryland 21705-0250<br />
Change Service Requested<br />
PRSRT STD<br />
U.S. POSTAGE<br />
PAID<br />
Frederick, MD<br />
PERMIT No. 575<br />
2015 Homecoming Royalty<br />
2015 Homecoming Queen Adele Daniels and King Diamani McNeely (middle) are flanked by the members<br />
of the Royalty: BACK (L-R) Freya Seremeth, Brady Perry (Sophomores); Paula Hare, Gareth Hayes<br />
(Seniors); Kaitlyn Weeks, Egan Seremeth (Juniors); Marisa Montoya, Jason Werner (Freshmen)<br />
FRONT Crown bearers Mika Kenin and Emma Le (Kindergarteners)